CITY OF 


MUSKOGEHEF, OKLAHOMA 


REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES 
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MUSKOGEE 


PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY GIVEN BY THE MAYOR AND CITY 
COUNCIL OF MUSKOGEE, UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 1269, 
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 9TH DAY 
OF JANUARY, 1923. 


THIS COMPILATION INCLUDES ALL ORDINANCES UP TO AND IN- 
CLUDING APRIL 24, 1923, AND A COPY 
OF THE CITY CHARTER 


PRINTED BY 


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(Published Muskogee Daily Phoenix, January 10th, 1923) 
ORDINANCE NO. 1269 


_ An ordinance authorizing and ordering a revis- 
ion, compilation and publication of the general 
ordinances of the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, 
and declaring an emergency. 


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
MUSKOGEE. 


¢ SECTION 1. A revision, compilation and publication in book 

~ form of the general ordinances of the City of Muskogee, Okla- 

~ homa, is hereby ordered, and Cliff V. Peery, City Attorney, and H. 
W. Pramer, Assistant City Clerk, are hereby authorized and direct- 
ed to revise, compile, index and publish in book form all the general 
ordinances of said city, and to arrange the same in chapters, 
articles and sections, with appropriate titles, sub-titles and num- 
bers necessary to facilitate examination thereof, and the ascertain- 
ment of the sections referring to the subject sought to be examin- 
ed, and to prepare and arrange an index thereof, and, when so pre- 
pared, to superintend the printing of not less than one hundred 
(100) copies thereof, and as many more as may be deemed exped- 
ient by the City Manager. There shall also be included in said 
publication the present charter of said city, with a separate index 
thereto, and a schedule or reference list of such special ordinances 
of said city as are not included in the general ordinances so revised, 
and such other information or public data as may be deemed ap- 
propriate. 


SECTION 2. In the preparation, revision and compilation of. 
the general ordinances all titles, captions and formal sections re- 
ferring to the time of taking effect, publication thereof, and repeal 
of previous ordinances shall be wholly omitted, as well as all other 
sections or parts of sections as may, in the judgment of the com- 
pilers, be deemed not necessary to a full statement of the provi- 
sions of the ordinances; and such other changes, alterations and 
revisions may be made as may, in the judgment of the compilers, 
be deemed expedient to clarify the meaning, harmonize the various 
ordinances, harmonize their provisions with the present form of 
government, and make them applicable, so far as may be, to the 
present conditions. The numerous penalty sections of the various 
ordinances may be omitted and a general penalty provision for 
> each chapter or article, as the case may be, substituted therefor. by 
“\the compilers, if deemed advisable. 
SECTION 3. When said revision and compilation shall be com- 


pleted and is ready for publication the same shall be submitted to 
™ the City Council for its examination, correction and approval be- 


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fore publication ; and when finally published same shall not become 
effective until finally approved and accepted in published form by 
the City Council, and the effective date thereof fixed by ordinance. 


SECTION 4. When the revised general ordinances of said city 
shall have been published in book form, as above provided, and 
accepted and approved by the City Council, same shall become and 
be the “Revised General Ordinances” of said city, and shall super- 
sede and repeal all then existing general ordinances, or parts there- 
of, not included in said revised general ordinances, or in conflict 
therewith, and said book of “Revised General Ordinances” shall 
be read, received and accepted in evidence in all courts of this state 
without further proof. 


SECTION 5. Emergency: For the preservation of the public 
peace, health and safety, a public emergency is hereby declared to 
exist by reason whereof it is necessary that this ordinance shall 
take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval 
and publication as required by law. 


Passed this 9th day of January, 1923. 
Approved this 9th day of January, 1923. 


W. G. Gibbons, 
Vice Mayor. 
Attest: 
W. W. Gilbert, 
City Clerk. 


RESOLUTION 


Resolution approving the Revision and Compilation 
of the General Ordinances of the City of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma. 


WHEREAS, a revision and compilation of the general ordin- 
ances of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, has been made as author- 
ized by Ordinance 1269 of the City of Muskogee; and 


WHEREAS, the same has been completed and is ready for 
publication; and 


WHEREAS, the same has been submitted to the City Coun- 
cil of Muskogee, Oklahoma, for its examination, correction and 
-approval; and : ; 

WHEREAS, the said City Council of Muskogee has examined 
and corrected the same: 

IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED BY THE COUNGIRRAE 
THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA: 

1. That said revision and compilation of the general ordin- 
ances of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, made by Cliff V. Peery, 
City Attorney, and H. W. Pramer, Assistant City Clerk, pursuant 


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to Ordinance No. 1269, be, and the same is hereby, approved, and 
the same is hereby ordered published in accordance with the pro- 
visions of Ordinance 1269 of the City of Muskogee. 


GEO. H. WALKER, Mayor. 
MONA he 
W. W. GILBERT, City Clerk. 


ORDINANCE No. 1288 


An Ordinance Approving the Revision and Compila- 
tion of the General Ordinances of the City of Mus- 
kogee, Oklahoma, and declaring an emergency. 


WHEREAS, a revision and compilation of the general ordi- 
nances of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, has been made as 
authorized by Ordinance 1269 of the City of Muskogee; and 


WHEREAS, the same has been completed and is ready for 
publication ; and 


WHEREAS, the same has been submitted to the City Council 
of Muskogee, Oklahoma, for its examination, correction and ap- 
proval; and 


WHEREAS, the said City Council of Muskogee has examined 
and corrected the same: 


NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN- 
Ci Ore THE CEEY OF MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA: 


SECTION 1. That said revision and compilation of the gen- 
eral ordinances of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, made by Cliff 
V. Peery, City Attorney, and H. W. Pramer, Assistant City Clerk, 
pursuant to Ordinance 'No. 1269, be, and the same is hereby, ap- 
proved, and the same is hereby ordered published in accordance 
with the provisions of Ordinance 1269 of the City of Muskogee. 


SECTION 2. Emergency. For the preservation of the public 
peace, health and safety a public emergency is hereby declared 
to exist by reason whereof it is necessary that this Ordinance shall 
take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval 
and publication, as required by law. 


Passed this 24th day of April, 1923. 
Approved this 24th day of April, 1923. 


GEO. H. WALKER, Mayor. 
Pel LEST: 
W. W. GILBERT, City Clerk. 


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PAS ed eWNG le! 


The City of Muskogee is twenty-five years old, having been 
originally incorporated as a town on March 19, 1898, and later by 
order of the Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District 
of Oklahoma, made a city of the second-class, and finally on Decem- 
ber 23, 1907, by proclamation of the Governor, made a city of the 
first-class. 


The last three years the city has been operated under the 
managerial form of government, the Charter providing for the 
election of a mayor and sixteen councilmen, four from each ward. 


The councilmen are nominated by wards on a non-political 
ticket and the councilmen and mayor are elected at large. They 
appoint a city manager who has charge of all the departments ‘of 
the city. The mayor and councilmen pass all ordinances and the 
mayor signs all contracts. It is purely representative in form; 
the power is derived directly from the people, and is centered in 
one place where it can be effective, or responsibility lodged if it is a 
failure. 


The manager is appointed without term. He makes up the 
budget, directs the expenditures, and employs and discharges all 
city forces except the park, board, library and similar boards, city 
clerk, and city treasurer. It is more nearly patterned after the 
public school system, or a private corporation than any other form 
of government—the stock holders or voters to select the board of 
directors; the board of directors, or councilmen, to appoint the 
manager, and the manager to conduct the affairs of the corporat- 
ion. 


In the work of arranging the several subjects or chapters un- 
der which the ordinances are grouped, we were assisted materially 
by the work previously done in an effort to compile and publish a 
code of the ordinances, which work was only partially completed. 
The ordinances themselves, however, had been amended or entirely 
repealed in so many instances, that it was necessary before a com- 
plete and authentic code could be compiled, that we start with or- 
dinance No. 1 and eliminate everything that had been repealed and 
the portions of ordinances amended, up to the present time. 


CLIFF V. PEERY, 
City Attorney. 


H. W. PRAMER, 
Asst. City Clerk. 


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CITY OFFICIALS 


ee REL MR VY URE Ti eee are ne. ee ae ae ne ed ts Mayor 
_ COUNCILMEN 

WARD 1. WARD 3. 

F. B. Beall W. G. Gibbons 

N. B. Shouse Le ekoach 

Fie), King ~~ Walter E. Roberts 

Jack Crabtree Peseonirar 
WARD 2. WARD 4. 

A. E. Bonnell a Ast 

J. V. Chappel E. A. Hutchinson 

W. H. Cavanaugh bbs locke 

S. O. Wood J. H. McDonald 
LO GUA RDI e ya 8 ic Mie lite. pelle t  ece a City Manager 
MO ey OUTNANS coc oo teccescsk 2-2 Purchasing Agent and Asst. Manager 
Mati reer te kA es eee City Clerk 
UD, USES N2509 to Ree ep eee City Treasurer 
BME ITI ATs ee, ee City Accountant 
CPE Rl TEC = ENG OWN Rte pt te Sola ac City Engineer 
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11 CSHTPI CT REET CE 2 2.5 Rt ie lls Be License Inspector 
“fecel U)Raal 15) DEE 0 9 | 2 NA i aa ee Chief of Police 
Mee LG Vy Ue ese esc Superintendent of Health 
CL, CEOs (ET Reels haa. “eee Chief of Fire Department 
[hs INCOMES (ed [0s eee ee ee Building Inspector 
We ee | OTITIS OM fa eyes, Superintendent Water Department 
TT IN SS nnd Fe ee eee Police Judge 

PARK BOARD 
EF. A. Hutchinson R. G. Emmert E.. C. Hoffman 
LIBRARY BOARD 
W. H. Cavanaugh Walter Roberts N. B. Shouse 
lack Crabtree Pea ohirar J. H. McDonald 
HOSPITAL BOARD 
Bb. Locke Joes Bast Sol Wood 
ATHLETIC PARK BOARD 

L. J. Roach Pec eroux Tom Loughney 


MUSIC BOARD 
A. E. Bonnell R? Ty Price Hye Pantrel 


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CONTENTS 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


Page 
ARTICLE I. 

Name, Boundaries, Powers, Rights and Liabilities... eee eee 1 
ARTICLE II. 

OLR ICL OE ASS ORT eI Tt 5, LN oe DU 2 aM aM ot cer i vd ong Pe: 2 
ARTICLE III 

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ARTICLE IV. 

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ARTICLE V. 

RS 0, ke ae a a oe sonnel Soecartauntds 13 
ARTICLE V1: 

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ARTICLE VII 

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ARTICLE VIII 

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ARTICLE IX 

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ARTICLE X. 

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ARTICLE XI 

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CONTENTS 


REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF 
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA 


Page 
CHAPTER’ I. 
Amimalls oisceccccctescdcensctedds ogee hue ee ee et 27 
CHAPTER II 
Building” Rerilations Eb. ei a eS ee Sw 34 
CHAPTER III 
City. Market ooo ccccccc ccc capeccesca spec sessbeas ee 141 
| CHAPTER IV 
City Excise BO ard eon cne., cates pesesannescntdpsbaads Cotes mteians tepaecanc cane sts, ae 145 
> (CHAPTER.V 
Drugs and Narcotics....24.20.0. 545. 4p ewe Lot 
CHAPTER VI 
Electric’ Railroads 2.577322. = a ae 153 
CHAPTER VII 
Fire Protection ~.2...0..c.ccicccccsccscsssecacsecceseadecee-s-te sn 159 
CHAPTER VIII 
Food and Drug Inspection....2 222) ee ere V7} 
CHAPTERGRA: 
Gambling. | sscsccsssscscetsasoedeevcccedetessssucteca costa; sesaebedee sa sone Aga en 182 
CHAP BE Reh. 
Health and Sanitation). :2...c22.072 2.0 eee 183 
CHAPTER XI. 
House Numbering and Street Markers....02..,-..20i ee 195 
CHAPTER-AIT: 
Intoxicating” Liquors: .2:2)..22.22.002.5.222..0, Sc 201 
. CHAPTER XIII. 
Jitney Vehicles, Operation Of... 2o cocci cceeceacece nee cee se onete nes ene 203 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Legislative Procedure and Manner of Handling Claims............000000..00000000.-.-- 208 
CHAPTER XV. 
Library” 3.20. ie a ee 211 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Licenses and Occupation. Taxi. .oco. 1 coccccctcc)cssensueeseontucn sconces: ees) aaa 212 
GHAPTER XVIT. 
Milk and Dairy Inspection ..2...2J2oocsoccecccee sce ate e orca gee eee 220 


Police- Court -scscostvsciasedeccscconcsaas cicaveesteus Ja thedatdaudensaeeay<seace cael soterenien tet 229 


CONTENTS XV 


CHAPTER XIX. 
RTOS LICLO Lf So eee tree eee ee Re) eee Sere el See) Cn Z2oa 


SVT SE ARI SITS NOL Eg nee Res UE Ey A So eS os Oe A Se 207 


Bremer ter andi, DYCAleTS. ccc eens ae eee oceaecencecneeens it AP a as! 9 261 


CHAPTER XXIII. 
CLIPS VTS crete ty ell de a AA UR es Nl a Mae ALE 262 


CHAPTER XXIV. 
Oo TERCT CU NEES ~_ cyapte lee AC dle Sallie NI Oe 2s 2a aS AI Sen OL eee R SARE iain coke 267 


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Soo SOL aig SC cae 2 GRE SE Soe is Ge SSR CRSP TS Ole OCG OES 0 ile See ne Sees RS nen 296 


CHAPTER XXX. 
Be UMR OTS ANG © WALEL | RACES. oo cccccoenncckaceenecaccucvasnescsaledecnedaeccceseducseucsaceeoee 299 


CHAPTER XXXI. 


Beeieroeand: Measures City. (SCales oi. ..2.. sis soh te ceeeectecscecnedeccbededseneceeeens 307 
Appendix A—Additions Annexed to City and. Parts Excluded.........02..... 310 
Appendix B—Openings and Vacations of Streets and Alleys by Blocks........ 311 
Appendix C—Openings and Vacations Establishing Grades and Chang- 

PIP ANTS SB OER ULCR ES DY 5 EL CCS teach coo ace tae nance tat ttnencbeceaeestnevene 316 
Peer cee) ON Ceds sL NOCD LEAN ESS) oo osc te nc sans eae---nencesacrenssevoqeacsdonpacetauons 320 
mapendixml —— treet Iniprovement. | Districts: 202.22. cosc lace cen cacensvesnnseenose 321 
Pere eee as NICAL Ys SEW ET «DISTLICES sore es oc o- ees ce le coe secs tarech st Besse cceteadendogeonpee 325 
Appendix G—Storm Sewer..............::-sscscee ec ecseeseceeeessceeesesesenssseeceeseaentoenenees 330 
Appendix H—Franchises and Special Contracts.....-.....-2.....-2...s.sssssseceeeesseees 331 
Appendix I—Paving of Streets Designated by Names of Street.................... 333 


Meetigdixce|—iViscellaneous) Ordinances. .._.s..-.22-..2- soc. cclecsssecesscscesseenseseensananse 340 


The people of the City of Muskogee hereby 
adopt the following Charter as an amendment to 
and a substitute for the Charter of said City here- 
tofore prepared by a board of freeholders and 


adopted by the voters of said City on the 5th day 
of April, 1910, and approved by the Governor of 
the State of Oklahoma on the 19th day of Novem- 
ber, A. D., 1910, and hereby repeal all of the pro- 
visions of said Charter so adopted and approved. 


Charter of the City of Muskogee, 1920 


PREAMBLE 


We, the people of the City of Muskogee, under the authority 
of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, do ordain and estab- 
lish this Charter for the City of Muskogee. 


AR LICE .L. 
Name, Boundaries, Powers, Rights and Liabilities 


1. NAME—BOUNDARIES. The municipal corporation now 
existing and known as “The City of Muskogee,” shall remain and 
continue to be a body politic and corporate under the same name 
and with the same boundaries with power and authority to change 
its boundaries in manner authorized by law. 


2. POWER—RIGHTS—LIABILITIES. (a) By name of 
“The City of Muskogee,” the City shall have perpetual succession, 
and shall own, possess and hold all property, real and personal, 
heretofore owned, possessed or held by the said city of Muskogee, 
and shall assume, manage and dispose of all trusts in any way con- 
nected therewith. 


(b) Shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities and shall ac- 
quire all benefits, and shall assume and pay all bonds, obligations 
and indebtedness of said City of Muskogee; by that name may sue 
and defend, plead and be impleaded, in all courts and places, and in 
all matters and proceedings ; may have and use a common seal and 
alter the same at pleasure ;may purchase, receive, hold, and enjoy, 
or sell and dispose of, real and personal property. 


(c) May receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of 
property, in fee simple, or in trust for public, charitable or other 
purposes; and do all things and acts necessary to carry out the pur- 
poses of such gifts, bequests, and donations with power to man- 
age, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same in accordance with 
the terms of the gift, bequest or donation. 


(d) Shall have the power within or without its territorial 
limits, to construct, condemn and purchase, acquire, lease, add to, 
maintain, conduct and operate, water works, light plants, power 
plants, transportation systems, heating plants, and any other 
public utilities or works or ways, in whole or in part, and everything 
required therefor, for the use of said City and the inhabitants 
thereof, and any such systems, plants or works or ways, or any 
contracts in relation or connection therewith, that may exist and 


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which said City may desire to purchase, in whole or in part, may 
be purchased or acquired by said City which may enforce such pur- 
chase by proceedings at law as in taking land for public use by 
right of eminent domain, and shall have the power to issue bonds 
upon the vote of the electors, at any special or general election, 
in any amount necessary to carry out any of said powers or pur- 
poses; (to provide by special assessment for payment for all bene- 
fits for special lighting districts, and for sprinkling, cleaning and 
repairing streets; for cutting weeds upon occupied or vacant lots 
in the City, and for the improvement and beautifying of parkings.) 


(e) The legislative, executive and judicial powers of the City 
shall extend to all matters of local and municipal government, it 
being the intent hereof that the specification of particular powers 
by any other provision of this Charter, shall never be construed 
as impairing the effect of the general grant of powers of local gov- 
ernment hereby bestowed. 


({) The City shall have all powers, privileges and functions 
which, by or pursuant to the Constitution of this State, have been 
or could be granted to or exercised by any City of the first class. 


(g) The City shall have the power to license and regulate 
by ordinance the transportation of persons and property within the 
streets, alleys, and all other public places in the City, and to pre- 
scribe by ordinance rules governing all persons, corporations or 
vehicles engaged or used in such transportation. 


(h) All powers of the City, shall, except as otherwise pro- 
vided in this Charter, be vested in the officers and agents herein= 
after provided for and subject to distribution and delegation of such 
powers as provided in this Charter, or by ordinance. 


ARTICLE: Ii 


Municipal Elections 


3. CHARTER TO GOVERN ELECTIONS. All elections for 
municipal officers in the City of Muskogee shall be conducted as 
herein provided. 


4. TIME AND PURPOSE OF PRIMARY. On the third Tues- 
day in March of each year in which a municipal election is to be 
held there shall be held a primary election in each of the voting 
precincts within the City, at which time candidates for such offices 
as are to be elected at the general election in such year shall be 
selected. 


5. TIME FOR GENERAL ELECTION. On the first Tuesday 
after the first Monday in April, in the year 1920, and biennially 
thereafter, there shall be held a general election conducted at the 
regular voting places within said City for the election of municipal 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 3 


officers. Candidates for Mayor shall be selected at the primary 
election by the electors of the city at large, and candidates for 
Councilmen shall be selected at such primary election by the elec- 
tors of the ward from which such Councilmen are to be elected; 
but in the general election the candidates for all offices shall be 
voted upon by the electors of the city at large. 


6. QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS. In either the primary 
or general election provided for hereunder, only such persons shall 
be qualified to vote as electors therein as are qualified and regis- 
tered under the general statutes of Oklahoma providing for quali- 
fication and registration, of electors, and only such electors as are 
residents of the City of Muskogee. 


PePRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES, AND MANNER 
OF CONDUCTING ELECTION. All elections within the City of 
Muskogee shall be held at the polling places to be designated by 
the Mayor, of which notice shall be given by a notice published in 
one issue of some newspaper of general circulation in the City at 
_ least ten days before the primary election, such places so desig- 
nated to be the polling places in both the primary and general elec- 
tions. There shall be at least one polling place in each precinct, 
and electors shall vote only in the precinct in which they have 
registered or to which they have been duly transferred. Where a 
precinct extends beyond the city limits, such precinct, for the pur- 
pose of elections under this Charter, shall be deemed as extending 
only to the city limits. 


8. MAYOR CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER. The Mayor of 
the City of Muskogee shall be the chief election officer for elec- 
tions for municipal officers, and shall call all elections and name a 
judge, a clerk and an inspector for each precinct, and shall also 
name two official counters for each precinct. Such officers shall 
be named by him at least ten days prior to the holding of the elec- 
tion in which they are to serve. 


OPHOW *lTOSBECOME A CANDIDATE AT A’ PRIMARY 
ELECTION. Any elector may become a candidate for the nomina- 
tion for any office in any primary election by filing with the City 
Clerk, not more than twenty (20) nor less than ten (10) days before 
such primary, a written notice setting forth his name as he desires 
it to appear upon the ballot, the street number of his residence and 
the ward within which he resides. He shall in such notice state 
the name of the office for which he desires to become a candidate, 
and shall give the date of the primary and, when two offices with 
the same name but with different terms are to be voted upon, shall 
specify for which term he desires to become a candidate. 


10. NOMINATING PETITIONS. In addition to the above 
method an elector may become a candidate at the primary elec- 
tion by the filing of a written notice within the time provided in 
the proceeding section, such as set forth in the last section and 


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signed by twenty-five (25) registered voters in the City of Mus- 
kogee, stating the name of the candidate they desire to nominate 
in addition to the matters required by the foregoing section to be 
included in such notice. 


11. CITY CLERK TO PREPARE BALLOTS?) Wt shaiiitevme 
duty of the City Clerk to cause to be printed ballots containing in 
alphabetical order the names of all candidates for offices to be 
voted upon at such primary election. Said ballots shall state the 
offices to be voted for, and immediately following the name of the 
_office the names of the candidates therefor and a statement of the 
number thereof to be voted for. Such ballots shall contain no em- 
blem, device, mark or sign of any kind indicating to which political 
party a candidate may belong, but shall be strictly a non-partisan 
ballot. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to distribute the said 
ballots, together with the necessary election supplies, to the of- 
ficers duly appointed for the holding of said election prior to the 
day designated for the holding of the same. 


12. COUNTING AND RETURN OF THE BALLOTS. The 
ballots shall be counted as provided by the general election laws 
of the State, and a certificate of each candidate’s vote shall be 
made as in such laws provided, the ballot boxes shall be sealed as 
therein provided, and said ballots and ballot books shall be disposed 
of as provided by the general election laws of the State, except 
that instead of returning the same to the County Election Board 
the same shall be returned to the City Council. 


13. CANVASS OF RETURN. It is hereby made the duty of 
the City Council to convene at their regular meeting place by or 
before Five (5) P. M. upon the. day of each election for the pur- 
pose of receiving the official returns, and they shall remain in 
session until Eleven, (11) o’clock on said evening and shall recon- 
vene upon the next succeeding day, if necessary, at Eight (8) 
o’clock A. M., and shall so remain in session until the returns are 
all delivered. They shall canvass the returns as made, and when 
the results have all been recorded from the counters’ certificates 
said Council shall declare the two candidates receiving the greatest 
number of votes for Mayor and the candidates in number double 
the number of Councilmen to be elected receiving the greatest 
number of votes in the ward from which they are candidates for 
members of the City Council, the nominees for such respective 
offices, and shall cause to be issued over the signature of the Mayor 
and City Clerk certificates to such candidates which shall be prima 
facie evidence of the correctness of the results of such primary 
election. 


14. BALLOTS FOR GENERAL ELECTION. The City Clerk 
shall thereupon prepare the ballots for the general election which 
shall be in the same form as prescribed herein for ballots for 
primary election except that they shall contain the names of the 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 5 


successful candidates in the primary election as hereinbefore de- 
fined, together with the names of any candidate or candidates for 
the respective offices nominated by petition signed by twenty-five 
(25) registered voters in the City of Muskogee and filed with the 
City Clerk after the Primary Election for City officers, and not 
less than eight (8) days before the date for holding the general 
election for City officers in such year, and all the provisions herein 
made for the holding of primary elections shall be applicable to the 
holding of general elections, both as to the conduct of said elec- 
tions and as to the return and canvass of the votes therein. When- 
ever One Or more measures or questions are submitted to the people 
and are to be voted upon at the same time as any officer or officers 
are to be elected, such measures and questions shall be submitted 
upon a ballot separate from that bearing the names of candidates 
for office. 


15. STATE ELECTION LAWS TO GOVERN WHERE AP- 
PLICABLE. All provisions of the election laws of the State, where 
applicable, and except where the same would be in conflict with 
the special provisions herein made, shall apply to all elections held 
in the City of Muskogee. 


16. OFFENSES. All acts made offenses or crimes under the 
election laws of the State shall be, and hereby are, made offenses 
if committed in connection with any election held hereunder, and 
for any such offense the offender shall be punished by a fine not to 
exceed One Thousand (1000.00) Dollars, or imprisonment in the 
City Jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both. 


17. GENERAL ELECTION LAWS TO GOVERN WHEN. In 
the event that the foregoing provisions or any of them should be 
for any reason held void or for any reason shall become inoperative, 
then the election laws of the State shall govern all elections for 
municipal officers within the City of Muskogee, insofar as said 
special provisions fail. 


ARTICLE III. 


Powers of the Electorate 


THE INITIATIVE. 


18. DIRECT LEGISLATION. Any proposed ordinance may 
be submitted to the Council by petition signed by qualified electors 
of the City, equal in number to the percentage hereinafter requir- 
ed. 


feet WENLY-bLVE) PER CENIUM “PETITION. ~ ‘If the 
petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be signed by quali- 
fied electors equal in number to twenty-five per centum of the last 
preceding vote cast for all candidates for Mayor, and contains a re- 


6 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


quest that said proposed ordinance be submitted to a vote of the 
people, if not passed by the Council, the Council shall submit such 
proposed ordinance to a vote of the qualified electors of the City 
at an election, general or special, to be held for that purpose, and 
the form of such petition, the manner of procuring and filing the 
same, and the time and manner within which election shall be held 
thereunder, shall be governed by ordinance or ordinances sufficient 
to carry out the purposes of this provision. 


20. SEVERAL ORDINANCES AT ONE, ELECTION, Any 
number of proposed ordinances may be voted on at the same elect- 
ion in accordance with the provisions of this Article and the or- 
dinances which may be passed by the Council in furtherance there- 
of. 


21. LIMIT TO SPECIAL ELECTION. There shall not 
be held under this Article of the Charter, more than one special 
election in any period of twelve months, for the submission of the 
same proposition. 


22. REPEAL OF ELECTORAL ORDINANCE. The Council 
may submit a proposition for the repeal or amendment of any or- 
dinance so adopted by electoral vote, to be voted upon at any suc- 
ceeding general municipal election, and should such proposition 
so submitted receive a majority of the votes cast therefor at such 
election, such ordinance shall be repealed or amended accord- 
ingly. No ordinance adopted by electoral vote, can be repealed 
or amended except by electoral vote. 


THE REFERENDUM 


23. MODE OF PROTESTING AGAINST ORDINANCES. No 
ordinance passed by the Council shall go into effect before thirty 
days, from the time of its final passage, except ordinances making 
tax levy or appropriations or in respect to improvement districts 
or sub-districts and special assessments;.and excepting also any 
ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, 
health or safety, which contains a statement of its urgency. If, 
during said thirty days, a petition signed by the qualified electors 
of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five per centum of 
the last preceding vote cast for all candidates for Mayor be pre- 
sented to the Council, protesting against the going into effect of 
such ordinance, the same shall thereupon be suspended from going 
into effect and it shall be the duty of the Council to reconsider such 
ordinance, and if the same be not entirely repealed, the Council 
shall submit the ordinance to a vote of the qualified electors of the 
City, either at the next general municipal election or at a special 
election to be called for that purpose, and such ordinance shall not 
go into effect unless a majority of the qualified electors voting on 
the same shall vote in favor thereof. 


24. REFERENCE BY THE COUNCIL. The Council may, of 


its own motion, submit to electoral vote for adoption or rejection 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER f 


at a general or special municipal election any proposed ordinance, 
or measure in the manner and with the same force and effect as if 


a petition therefor had been filed as provided in last preceding 
section. 


25. ORDINANCE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER 
OF VOTES TO PREVAIL. If the provisions of two or more pro- 
posed ordinances or measures adopted or approved at the same 
election conflict, then the ordinance or measure receiving the high- 
est affirmative vote shall control. 


26. REGULAR PROCEDURE. ‘The form of petition for ex- 
ercising the referendum, and of the procedure thereunder, and for 
the reference by the Council of any matter upon its own motion, 
and of the matters and things pertaining to the carrying into effect 
of the referendum, according to the provisions of this Charter shall 
be provided for by ordinance, and all such matters shall be regulat- 
ed and governed by such ordinances as the Council may prescribe. 


27. THE ENACTING CLAUSE. The style of every ordin- 
ance submitted to the vote of the people by initiative petition or by 
the voluntary action of the Council shall be as follows: “Be it or- 
dained by the people of the City of Muskogee”; and every such or- 
dinance when passed by popular vote shall be signed by the Mayor 
and attested by the Clerk as so passed. | 


28. CHARTER AMENDMENTS. When such petition de- 
mands an amendment to this Charter the Mayor shall submit 
such amendment to the qualified electors of the City of Muskogee 
at an election called for that purpose, and if at said election a ma- 
jority of the electors voting thereon shall vote for such amendment 
the same shall thereon become an amendment to and a part of 
said Charter when approved by the Governor and filed in the same 
manner and form as an original charter is required by the provi- 
sion of the Constitution of Oklahoma to be approved and filed. 


29. INITIATIVE ORDINANCES REPEALED BY THE EL- 
ECTORAL VOTE. The Council may submit the repeal of any 
proposed amendment of any ordinance so adopted to the electors 
to be voted upon at any succeeding general election, and should 
such proposal for repeal or amendment receive an affirmative 
majority of all votes cast thereon such ordinance shall be repealed 
or amended accordingly. 


30. COUNCIL MAY INITIATE MEASURE. The Council 
may of its own motion submit to the electoral vote for adoption or 
rejection at a general or special municipal election any proposed 
ordinance or measure in the manner and with the same force and 
effect as if a petition therefor had been filed as in this Charter 
provided. 


31. FRANCHISE PETITIONS. Whenever a petition is sign- 
ed by a number of qualified electors of the City of Muskogee equal 


8 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


to twenty-five per centum of the total number of votes cast at the 
next preceding general municipal election, demanding that a fran- 
chise be granted, extended or renewed, it shall be filed with the 
Mayor,who shall within ten days therafter call a special election 
at which he shall submit the question of whether or not such fran- 
chise shall be granted, extended or renewed and if at said election 
a majority of the electors voting thereon shall vote for the grant, 
extension or renewal of such franchise the same shall be granted 
by the Council and Mayor at the next succeeding regular meeting 
of the Council. 


ARTICLE IV. 


THE COUNCIL 


32. LEGISLATIVE POWERS. The legislative branch of the 
City Government shall consist of a City Council composed of six- 
teen Councilmen and the Mayor. 


33. DISTRIBUTION OF COUNCILMEN. Members of the 
Council shall be chosen by the electors at general elections, and 
shall consist of four from each ward of the City. For the purpose 
of nominating and electing Councilmen the City is hereby divided 
into four wards, which shall be bounded and described as follows: 


Ward No. 1 shall consist of all that part of the City of Mus- 
kogee lying east of the M. K. & T. Railway tracks and north of the 
center line of Callahan Street. 


Ward No, 2 shall consist of all that part of the City of Mus- 
kogee lying east of the M. K. & T. Railway tracks and south of the 
center line of Callahan Street. 


Ward No. 3 shall consist of all that part of the City of Mus- 
kogee lying west of the M. K. & T. Railway tracks and south of 
the center line of West Okmulgee Avenue. 


Ward No. 4 shall consist of all that part of the City of Mus- 
kogee lying west of the M. K. & T. Railway tracks and north of 
the center line of West Okmulgee Avenue. 


The Mayor shall be elected at general municipal elections and 
shall serve for a term of two years. 


34. TERM OF OFFICE. Councilmen shall qualify and assume ~ 
office on the Tuesday next succeeding their election. At the first 
election under this Charter four Councilmen shall be chosen from 
each ward, of whom the two in each ward receiving the highest 
number of votes shall hold office for four years, and until their suc- 
cessors have been elected and qualified, and the two Councilmen 
in each ward receiving the next highest number of votes at the first 
election shall hold office for two years, and until their successors 
have been elected and qualified. At every general municipal elec- 
tion after the first two Councilmen shall be elected from each 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 9 


ward, and shall hold office for a term of four years, and until their 
successors have been elected and qualified. 


35. VACANCIES. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Council 
by reason of death, resignation, incapacity, or removal of a mem- 
ber the Council shall appoint an eligible person from the ward from 
which the vacancy occurs to fill such vacancy until the next 
general municipal election. Any vacancy shall then be filled by 
election for the unexpired term. 


36. REMOVAL BY COUNCIL. Whenever any person elect- 
ed or appointed to the Council neglects or refuses or fails to 
qualify within ten days of the beginning of the term for which he 
has been chosen, and whenever a Councilman neglects or refuses 
or fails to attend the meetings of the Council for thirty days with- 
out first having the consent of the Council which consent must be 
entered upon its records, or removes from the City, is convicted 
of a felony or judicially declared a lunatic, as defined by statute, 
the Council shall declare that a vacancy exists and proceed to elect 
a successor to such Councilman elect or Councilman as in the man- 
ner provided in Section 35. 


37. QUALIFICATIONS. No person shall be eligible to the 
office of Mayor or Councilman unless he be a citizen of the United 
States and of the State of Oklahoma. at least twenty-five years of 
age, a freeholder and a qualified voter in the City of Muskogee, 
and shall have been for two years immediately preceding his elect- 
ion a resident of the City of Muskogee, and during said time shall 
have paid City taxes. 


38. OATH OF OFFICE. The Mayor and every Cotfncilman 
shall upon assuming office take oath to support the Constitution of 
the United States and of the State of Oklahoma and the Charter 
of the City of Muskogee, and diligently to perform the duties of 
his office. 


39. HOLDING OTHER OFFICES. No member of the 
Council shall be appointed to any office or position under the City 
during the term of office as Councilman for which he was elected 
or appointed. 


40. NO DIRECT INTEREST IN CITY EXPENDITURES. 
No member of the Council shall have any financial interest in or 
reap any financial benefit directly or indirectly from any ex- 
penditure of the City, save as a result of the general benefit aris- 
ing from the maintenance of public works and the making of 
special improvements in the streets, alleys, parks and public places 
in the City of Muskogee. 


41. COMPENSATION. The Mayor and Councilmen may re- 
ceive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred 
in traveling on business of the City, but shall receive no other 


10 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


compensation. Statements shall be submitted of the items of such 
expenses on regular form to be provided and when approved by the 
Council shall be paid by the financial officer of the City. 


42, PRESIDING OFFICER—VICE-MAYOR AND CLERK. 
The Mayor shall be president of the Council and when present at 
its session he shall preside. A Vice-Mayor shall be elected by the 
Council from its members who shall preside in the absence or dis- 
ability of the Mayor. The City Clerk shall be Clerk of the Council 
and shall with the Mayor sign and attest all ordinances and resolu- 
tions. 


43. REGULAR MEETINGS. The Council shall hold regular 
meetings on Tuesday night of each week, or at such time as the 
Council may by ordinance designate, and may hold such adjourned 
meetings as it may find necessary for the dispatch of its business, 
provided that if the regular meeting falls on a legal holiday the 
meeting shall be held upon the next succeeding day. 


44. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Council 
may be called by the Mayor, or by nine Councilmen, at any time on 
such notice as the Council may prescribe by ordinance, but the pur- 
pose of such meeting shall be set forth in such call and no other 
business shall be transacted at such meeting. 


45. QUORUM. A majority of the members of the Council 
shall constitute a quorum to do business, but less number may 
adjourn to any date prior to the next regular meeting. The Council 
shall sit with open doors at all legislative sessions and shall keep a 
journal of its proceedings which shall be a public record. 


46. RULES OF PROCEDURE. The Council shall, subject to 
the provisions of this Charter, determine its own rules of procedure, 
may punish its members for disorderly conduct and may compel 
the attendance of members. 


47, REMOVAL FOR MISCONDUCT. In case of misconduct, 
inability or wilful neglect in the performance of the duties of his 
office the Mayor or any Councilman may be removed from office by 
the Council, but he shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his 
own defense and shall have the right to appear by counsel and have 
process issue to compel the attendance of witnesses who shall be re- 
quired to give testimony if he so elects. In such cases the hearing 
for such removal, if he be removed, together with the findings of 
facts as made by the Councik shall be filed by the Council with the 
Clerk and shall become a matter of public record. 


48. SELECTION OF CITY MANAGER AND OTHER OF- 
FICERS. The Council shall, as soon as it is organized, proceed to 
select a City Manager, City Clerk, City Treasurer, Park Board, 
‘Library Board and Vice-Mayor, and whenever a vacancy. shall 
occur in any of these offices the Council shall select some qualified 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 11 


person to fill such vacancy. The City Manager shall be selected 
without regard to his political belief, and shall be a citizen and re- 
sident of the City of Muskogee, unless the Council shall by resolut- 
ion determine that a more available Manager can be had elsewhere. 
He shall be paid a salary of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars per 
month until otherwise provided by the Council, and shall serve dur- 
ing the pleasure of the Council. In the event that the Manager 
shall for any reason be incapable of performing the duties of his 
office, the Council shall immediately upon receiving notice of such 
inability select a Manager Pro Tem, who shall perform all of the 
duties imposed upon the Manager by this Charter, or by ordinance 
until the Manager shall return to duty or a new Manager be select- 
éd: 


49. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS SELECTED BY THE COUN- ° 
CIL. The Council shall have the power at any time when in its 
judgment the interest of the City so requires to remove any officer 
or employee whose sucessor it has the power to select and to select 
a successor to him. 


50. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 
The Council shall fix the compensation of the officers whom it 
selects. 


51. RESERVATION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS. All leg- 
islative powers of the City, save as reserved to the people thereof, 
shall be vested in the Council. 


52. AYES AND NOES. The‘ayes and noes shall be taken on 
the passage of all ordinances and resolutions and entered upon the 
journal of its proceedings. Upon request of any member the ayes 
and noes shall be taken and recorded upon any motion. Every 
member when present must vote. Every ordinance other than em- 
ergency ordinances shall require for final passage the affirmative 
vote of a majority of the members elected. 


53. FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCES. No ordinance 
shall be passed finally on the date when it is introduced, except in 
case of public emergency, the nature of which emergency shall be 
clearly stated in such ordinance. No ordinance making a grant of 
any franchise or special privilege shall ever be passed as an em- 
ergency measure. Every emergency ordinance shall require for 
passage the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the 
Council elected. 


54. ENACTING CLAUSE. The enacting clause of all or- 
dinances passed by the Council shall be in these words: “Be it or- 
dained by the Council of the City of Muskogee.” 


55. FRANCHISE, ORDINANCES: No proposed ordinance 
granting any franchise shall be put upon its final passage within 
thirty days after its introduction nor until it has been published not 
less than once a week for three consecutive weeks next before such 


12 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


final passage in a newspaper published and of general circulation 
in the City. 

56. PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE ADOPTED. Every 
ordinance adopted shall be published once in a newspaper publish- 
ed and of general circulation in the City and shall not take effect 
until thirty days after such publication, except emergency ordin- 
ances passed as provided for in this Article, which shall take effect 
upon passage and be so published on the following day, subject al- 
ways to the provisions of the referendum; and provided futher, 
that this section shall not apply to special assessment ordinances, 
but such ordinances shall be governed by the provisions of the 
statutes of the state. 


57. AMENDMENT-REPEAL,. No ordinance or section there- 
of shall be amended or repealed except by ordinance adopted in the 
manner provided in this Charter. 


58. RECORD OF ORDINANCES. A true copy of every or- 
dinance shall be kept in a book marked “Ordinance Record,” and 
authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and Clerk. 


59. PROOF OF ORDINANCE. Any ordinance may be pro- 
ved by a copy thereof certified by the Clerk, under the seal of the 
City; or when printed in a book or pamphlet form published by 
the authority of the City, the same shall be received in evidence in 
all courts, or other places, without futher proof. 


60. EMPLOYMENT OF AUDITORS AND SPECIAL AS- 
SISTANTS. The Council shall have the power.in cases of neces- 
sity to employ special council and special expert accountants or 
auditors for the purpose of making a special examination of the 
books and accounts of any officer or department, and annually shall 
cause the books and accounts of the City to be audited by the State 
Examiner and Inspector of the State of Oklahoma. 


61. BONDS. The Council shall designate by ordinance or re- 
solution what officers or employees of the City shall give bonds and 
what sum in each case. 


62. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDINANCES. The Council shall 
have the power, and it shall be its duty to pass ordinances which 
may be proper and expedient to regulate and determine the organ- 
ization and procedure of the administrative departments provided 
in this Charter. It shall within one year from the appointment of 
the first City Manager and may at any time thereafter require 
the City Manager to submit recommendations as to the most ef- 
ficient organization of the administrative department together 
with drafts of ordinances designated to secure the same. 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 13 


ARTICLE V. 


Franchises. 


63. COUNCIL MAINTAIN GENERAL SUPERVISION-RE- 
PORTS- INSPECTION. The Coypncil shall maintain general sup- 
ervision over all public utility companies insofar as they are sub- 
ject to municipal control. They shall cause to be instituted such 
actions or proceedings as may be necessary to prosecute public 
utility companies for violation of law. 


They shall require every person or corporation operating 
under a franchise or grant from this City, to submit to the Coun- 
cil within sixty days after the first day of January of each year, 
an annual report verified by the oath of the President, the Treas- 
urer or the General Manager thereof, showing in detail: 


(a) The amount of its authorized capital stock and the 
amount thereof issued and outstanding. 


(b) The amount of its authorized bonded indebtedness and 
the amount of its bonds and other forms of evidence of indebted- 
ness issued and outstanding. 


(c) An itemized statment of its receipts and expenditures for 
the proceeding year. 


(d) The amount paid as dividends upon its stock and as in- 
terest upon its bonds and other indebtedness. 


(e) The names of and the amount paid as salary to each of- 
ficer and the amount paid as wages to its employes. 


(f{) A full description of its property and franchises, stating 
in detail how each franchise stated to be owned was acquired and 
the book value thereof. 


Such reports shall be in form and cover the period described 
by the Council; and the Council shall have the power through its 
members or by experts or employes duly authorized by it, to ex- 
amine the books and affairs of any such person, persons or cor- 
porations and to compel the production before them of books and 
papers pertaining to such report or other matter. 


Any such person, persons or corporations which shall fail to 
make any such report, shall be liable to penalty of one hundred dol- 
lars for each and every day thereafter, during which he or it shall 
fail to file such report, to be sued for and recovered in any court 
of record. 


The Mayor and Council shall have the power, either personally 
or through the City’s inspectors or employes duly authorized by 
the Council, to enter into or upon and to inspect the buildings, 
plants, power houses and all properties of any such person, 
persons or corporation, at least once a year and shall immediately 


14 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


thereafter report to the Council ; a detailed and complete statement 
of such inspection. 


64. FRANCHISE GRANTED UPON VOTE. No franchise 
shall ever be granted, extended, renewed or leased by the City 
without the approval of a majority of the qualified electors resid- 
ing within the corporate limits, who shall vote thereon, at a special 
or general election, and the question of its being granted shall not 
be submitted to such vote except upon deposit with the Treasurer 
of the expense of such submission (to be determined by the Coun- 
cil) by the applicant for said franchise. 


65. FRANCHISE SPECIFY STREETS. All franehises or 
privileges hereafter granted shall plainly specify on what particular ~ 
streets, alleys, ways or other public property the same shall apply; 
and no franchise or privilege shall hereafter be granted by the 
City generally; and all such franchises shall be void after a period 
of one year from the date the same may be granted as to any 
streets, alleys, ways or other public property not then utilized un- 
der such franchise provided, however, that the forfeiture above 
mentioned shall not apply in streets, alleys, ways or other public 
property upon or within which work was commenced, within one 
year from the granting of the franchise and prosecuted with due 
diligence to completion. 


66. POWER TO REGULATE RATES AND FARES Pea. 
ject to the power reserved by the Constitution of this State to the 
Corporation Commission, all power to regulate the rates, fares and 
charges for service by public utility corporations is hereby reserv- 
ed to the people to be exercised by them by ordinance of the Coun- 
cil or in the manner herein provided for initiating or referring an 
ordinance. Any right of regulation shall further include the right 
to require uniform; convenient and adequate service to the public 
and reasonable extensions of such service and of such public utility 
works. 


67. ORDINANCE IN PLAIN TERMS. No franchise, right or 
privilege or license shall be considered as granted by any ordinance 
except when expressed therein in plain and unambiguous terms 
and any and every ambiguity therein shall be construed in favor 
of the City and against the claimant under said ordinance. 


68. SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO MAIL CARRIERS, FIRE- 
MEN AND POLICEMEN. The grant of every franchise for a 
street, suburban or interurban railroad shall provide that all United 
States mail carriers and all policemen and firemen of the City in 
uniform shall at all times while in the actual discharge of their 
duties, be allowed to ride on the cars of such railroad within the 
boundaries of the City without paying therefor and with all the 
rights of other passengers. 


69. SPEED OF CARS, FLAGMEN, SAFETY AT CROSSING, 
ETC. The Council shall by ordinance regulate the speed at which 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 15 


all trains, engines and cars of any railroad company, or street rail- 
way company, whether steam or electric, shall be run within the 
corporate limits upon the Streets, ways or public places of the City. 
And may also by ordinance require such companies to maintain 
flagmen or gates or both flagmen and gates at any intersection or 
street crossings where, in the judgment of the Council, the public 
safety requires the same; and may also require all railway com- 
panies to erect viaducts over, or tunnels under their tracks at 
crossings of streets. 


70. FRANCHISE PROVIDE FOR SAFETY, ETC. The grant 
of every franchise or privilege shall be subject to the right of the 
City, whether in terms reserved or not, to make all regulations 
which shall be necessary to secure in the most ample manner the 
safety, welfare and accommodation of the public, including among 
other things the right to pass and enforce ordinances to require 
proper and adequate extensions of the service of such grant, and 
to protect the public from danger or inconvenience in the operat- 
ion of any work or business authorized hy the grant of the fran- 
chise and the right to make and enforce all such regulations as 
shall be reasonably necessary to secure extensions and accom- 
modations for the people and insure their comfort and convenience. 
And there is hereby created a Bureau of Complaints in connection 
with the City Manager’s office to investigate and adjust complaints 
of citizens in the matter of service and charges rendered by public 
utility companies operating under franchises granted by the City. 


71. NO EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. No exclusive franchise 
shall ever be granted. 


72. RENEWAL. No franchise shall be renewed before five 
years prior to its expiration. 


73) NOePRANGHISE. LEASED EXCEPT. .No iranchise 
granted by the City shall ever be leased, assigned or otherwise 
alienated without the express and written consent of the City, and 
no rule of estoppel shall ever be invoked against the City assert- 
ing the invalidity of any attempted transfer in violation of this 
section. 


74. REVOCABLE LICENSES AND FRANCHISES. Nothing 
in this Article shall prevent the granting by ordinance of side track 
or switch privileges to railroad or other transportation compan- 
ies for the purpose of reaching and affording railway connection 
and switch privileges to the owners or users of any industrial plant ; 
and the Council may by ordinance grant such revocable licenses or 
privileges to railway or transportation companies whenever in the 
judgment of the Council the same is expedient, necessary or advis- 
able, and whenever the application for such privileges 1s ac- 
companied by the assent in writing of the owners of the major 
part in extent of the lots or tracts of land of the block fronting on 


16 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


each side of any street or part, of a street, over or upon which it 
is desired to lay or construct side tracks or switches. 


75. PROVISION FOR COMMON USE OF TRACKS,POLES, 
ETC. The City, by and through its Council, shall have the power 
to require any corporation holding a franchise from the City, to 
allow the use of its tracks, poles, and wires by any other corporat- 
ion to which the City shall grant a franchise. upon the payment of 
a reasonable rental therefor, and any franchise or right which may 
be hereinafter granted to any person or corporation to operate a 
street railway within the City or its suburbs, shall be subject to the 
condition that the City shall have the right to grant to any person 
or corporation desiring to build or operate a street railway or in- 
terurban railway within or into the City, the right to operate its 
cars over the tracks of said street railway insofar as may be neces- 
sary to enter the City and reach the section thereof used for busi- 
ness purposes, provided, that the person or corporation desiring 
to operate its cars over the lines of said street railway, shall first 
agree in writing with the owner thereof to pay it reasonable com- 
pensation for the use of its tracks and facilities, and if the person 
or corporation desiring to use the same cannot agree with said 
owner of said street railway as to said compensation, within sixty 
days from offering in writing to do so, and as to terms and con- 
ditions of the use of tracks and: facilities then the Council shall, by 
resolution, after a fair hearing to the parties concerned, fix the 
terms and conditions of such use and compensation to be paid 
therefor, which award of the Council when so made, shall be bind- 
ing on and observed by the parties concerned. 


76. BOOKS OF RECORD AND REFERENCE. The City 
Manager shall provide and cause to be kept in the office of the 
City Clerk, the following books of record and reference: 


FIRST: A Franchise Record, indexed and of proper form in 
which shall be transcribed accurate and correct copies of all 
franchises or grants by the City to any public utility. The index 
of such record shall give the name of the grantee and thereafter 
the name of any assignee thereof. Said record shall be compre- 
hensive and convenient reference to actions, contents or proceed- 
ings at law, if any, affecting the same. 


SECOND: A Public Utility Record, for every person, persons 
or corporation owning or operating any public utility under any 
franchise granted by the City, into which shall be transcribed ac- 
curate and correct copies of each and every franchise granted by the 
City to said person, persons or corporation or which may be con- 
trolled or acquired by them or it, together with copies of all annual 
reports and inspection reports, as herein provided, and such other 
matters of information and public interest as the Manager or City 
Council may from time to time require. In case annual reports 
are not filed and inspections are not made, as provided, the City 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER Ci 


Manager shall in writing report to the Council the reason therefor. 


The provisions of this section shall apply to all persons or cor- 
porations operating under any franchise now in force or hereafter 
granted by the City. 


7/7. BOOKS OF ACCOUNT—EXAMINATIONS. The City 
when owning any public utility shall keep the books of account for 
such public utility distinct from other City accounts, and in such 
manner as to show the true and complete financial result of such 
City ownership or operation, as the case may be. Such accounts 
shall be so kept as to show the actual cost to the City of the pub- 
lic utility owned, all cost of maintenance, inspection and improve- 
ments, all operating expenses of every description, and the amount 
set aside for sinking fund purposes. Such accounts shall also show | 
reasonable allowance for interest, depreciation and insurance, and 
also estimates of the amount of taxes that would be chargeable 
against such property if owned by a private corporation. The 
Council shall cause to be printed annually for public distribution a 
report showing the financial results, in form as aforesaid, of such 
City ownership or operation. The accounts of such public utilities 
kept as aforesaid shall be examined at least once a year by the 
State Examiner and Inspector of the State of Oklahoma, who shall 
report to the Council the results of his examination. Such accounts 
may be from time to time examined by any special accountant 
selected by the Council. The fees for such examinations shall be 
paid out of the income or revenue from such public utility as the 
Council may prescribe. 


78. TERM NOT LONGER THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 
COMPENSATION. No franchise, lease, or right to use the streets 
or the public places or property of the City shall be granted by the 
City for a period longer than twenty-five years, nor without fair 
compensation to the City therefor, and in addition to the other 
forms of compensation to be therein provided, the grantee shall 
be required to pay annually to the City such percentage of the gross 
receipts arising from the use of such franchise and of the plant 
used therewith as shall be fixed in the grant of said franchise. 
Every grant of a franchise shall fix the amount and manner of 
the payment of the compensation to be paid by the grantee for the 
use of the same, but this shall not exempt the grantee from any 
lawful taxation upon his or its property, nor from any licenses, 
charges or impositions, not levied on account of such use. 


79. CITY MAY PURCHASE—PROCEDURE. Every grant 
of a franchise or right shall provide that the City may, upon the 
payment therefor of its fair valuation, to be made as provided in 
the grant, purchase and take over the property and plant of the 
grantee in whole or in part. 


The procedure to effect such purchase shall be prescribed by 
ordinance. » y 


18 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


80. MATTERS IN CHARTER NOT TO IMPAIR RIGHT OF 
COUNCIL TO INSERT OTHER MATTERS IN FRANCHISES: 
The enumeration and specification of particular matters in this 
Charter which must be included in every franchise or grant, shall 
never be construed as impairing the right of the City to insert in 
such franchise or grant, such other further matters, conditions, 
covenants, terms, restrictions, limitations, burdens, taxes, assess- 
ments, rates, fares, rentals, charges, control, forfeitures, or any 
other provision whatever, as may be deemed proper to protect 
the interests of the people. 


ARTICLE VI. 


The Mayor. 


81. (a) The Mayor shall sign all contracts, bonds, or other 
instruments requiring the assent of the City and take care that 
the same are duly performed. 


(b) The Mayor shall call all general and special municipal elec- 
tions as in this Charter or the laws of the State provided. 


(c) He shall perform such other duties not inconsistent with. 
the purposes and provisions of this Charter as the Council may 
assign to him. 

Vice-Mayor. 

82. In case of the absence, disability, resignation or removal 
of the Mayor, the Vice-Mayor shall act as Mayor until the Mayor 
shall have returned or recovered from his disability or until a suc- 
cessor to the Mayor shall have been elected. : 


ARTICLE VII. 


City Manager. 


83. (a) The City Manager shall be the chief administrative 
officer of the City and shall have charge and supervision of all 
branches of the City service except as otherwise in this Charter 
provided. 

(b) He shall see to the faithful execution of all laws and ordi- 
nances of the State and City. 

(c) He shall appoint all officers and employees of the City of 
Muskogee except the elective officers and the officers whose elec- 
tion is vested in the Council by this Charter. 

(d) He shall have power to dismiss any officer or employee 
appointed by him whenever in his judgment the interests of the 
City’ service so require. 

(e) He shall control and direct the several officers and depart- 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 19 


ments of the City administration. 

({) He shall have power at any time to investigate the affairs 
of any department. He, or any person appointed by him for the 
purpose, shall have power to compel the attendance of wit- 
nesses and the production of books, papers and other evidence. 

(g¢) He shall attend all meetings of the Council and may take 
part in the discussions but shall not vote. 

_ (h) He shall keep the Council advised of all the needs of the 
City and shall recommend measures for its adoption. 

(i) He shall prepare the annual budget as hereinafter provided. 

(j) He shall perform all such other duties as may be imposed 
on him by this Charter or by Ordinance. 

(k) Neither the Mayor nor any member of the Council shall 
recommend any appointment to be made by the Manager except 
upon request of the Manager. 


Administrative Departments 


84. The City administration under the Manager shall be ar- 
ranged into a Police Department, a Health Department, a Fire 
' Department, and such other Departments as the Council may 
prescribe by ordinance. 

(a) The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police, 
and as many other police officers as may be provided for. 

(b) The Department of Public Health shall consist of a health 
officer, and such other employees as may be necessary. 


Police Department 


85. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to maintain 
order and to enforce the laws and ordinance of the State and City 
and to that end every police officer shall have power and it shall 
be his duty to make arrests upon warrants, or without warrant 
when he shall be a witness to the violation of any law or ordinance, 
or upon request of a complaining witness who offers to institute 
a prosecution forthwith, and he shall bring the offender before the 
court having jurisdiction forthwith. And the Police Department, 
and all officers thereof, shall perform all such other duties as may 
be required of them by the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations 
which may be made governing the Police Department. 


Department of Public Health 


86. The Council shall provide by ordinance for a Health De- 
partment. The Chief Health Officer of the City shall be a graduate 
of a reputable medical college, and shall have been a resident of the 
City for at least two years next preceding his appointment. He 
shall be required to maintain such office hours as shall be desig- 
nated by the Council. The Manager may appoint the County Super- 
sntendent of Health of Muskogee County as Chief Health Officer 
of the City, in which event he shall have sufficient time from his 


20 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


duties as City Health Officer to perform all the duties incumbent 
upon him by law as County Superintendent of Health. 


Power of Health Officer to Make Arrests 


87. The Health Officer, and his assistant, shall have the same 
right and power to arrest any person violating any regulation of 
the Department of Health prescribed by ordinance as the Chief 
of Police or any policeman may have for the violation of any ordi- 
nance of the City, and shall have power to establish and enforce 
quarantines against infectious or contagious diseases. 


Physicians Report to Department 

88. Every physician in the City shall promptly report in writ- 
ing to the Health Department every patient treated by him for 
any infectious, contagious or communicative disease dangerous 
to the public health, and every householder upon reasonable notice 
from such Department that an occupant of his house is suffering 
from such disease shall forthwith adopt such preventative means 
and regulations as the Department may prescribe. Every physi- 
cian’ who shall fail to report such cases of sickness, as is required 
herein, and every householder who shall fail to comply with the . 
rules, regulations and requirements of the Department of Health, 
shall be subject to such fines and penalties as the Council may 
prescribe by ordinance. | 


Quarantine 


89. The Council shall have power to pass all ordinances and 
regulations necessary for the preservation of the public health, and 
the suppression of disease, and to establish quarantines of any 
locality or house. 

Lighting 

90. No contract for municipal lighting shall be entered into 

for a period longer than five years. 


Water Revenue Fund 


91. There shall be paid to the Water Revenue Fund at regular 
intervals beginning July 1, 1920, from the General Fund of the 
City, from the Library Fund, from the Cemetery Fund, and from 
the Park Fund, and by the Public Schools, such sums as may be 
just and equitable charges for the water furnished for use in the 
public buildings of the City, for watering streets, extinguishing 
fires, for use in parks, the cemetery, the public library, and for 
school purposes. No water shall be furnished free to any person 
or department. There shall be paid into the General Fund of the 
City from the Water Revenue Fund each year at the time of the 
payment of taxes, a sum equivalent to the amount of City taxes 
which would be assessed upon a fair valuation of the water plant 
if it were privately owned and operated. 


Purchasing by Contract or in Open Market 
92. When an expenditure required for the purchasing of sup- 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 21 


plies exceeds Five Hundred Dollars, the City Manager shall ad- 
vertise for sealed proposals in the manner hereinafter prescribed 
for proposals for public works, and the contract shall be awarded 
to the lowest and best responsible bidder; provided that the Man- 
ager may reject any or all bids and buy in the open market at a 
price less than the lowest bid received from a responsible bidder ; 
and provided further that if no bids be received the City Manager 
may buy in the open market. 


City Printing 
93. The City Printing shall be let by contract to the lowest 
responsible bidder on competitive bids, and for all such printing as 
may be required to be inserted in a newspaper such letting shall 
be based upon the number of copies sold or distributed within the 
City of Muskogee in determining the lowest responsible bidder. 


Sale of Abandoned Materials 


94. The City Manager shall be the agent of the City for-the 
sale or disposal of all abandoned or discarded materials and equip- 
ment and for all products or by-products of the City. Whenever 
the value of any one article or lot of articles to be sold together 
shall amount to $500.00 or more, the sale thereof shall be made 
upon competitive bids upon notice prescribed by Council, provided 
that in case no satisfactory bid is received, the Council may reject 
all bids and call for more or direct the City Manager to dispose 
of such articles at private sale for not less than the amount of the 
highest competitive bidder. 


Fiscal Year 


95. The Fiscal year of the City shall commence on the first 
day of July and end on the last day of June each year. 


96. PUBLIC MONEYS: ‘The Treasurer shall have the direct 
control of the revenues of the City except as otherwise provided 
by this Council or by ordinance. 


The Council shall by ordinance provide a system for the collec- 
tion, custody and disbursement of all public moneys, and signing 
of warrants not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. 


All sinking funds collected and accumulated from time to time 
for the purpose of meeting any future maturing bonded or other 
indebtedness, except such as may from time to time be invested in 
lawful securities, are hereby required to be placed on time deposit 
in solvent banks, at the highest rate of interest that can be secured 
from such bank or banks upon certificate of deposit for such funds, 
and no part of such funds, shall be at any time deposited in any 
bank at a lower rate of interest when another solvent bank in the 
City is willing to accept the same on time deposit and pay a higher 
rate of interest for such deposit; provided, however, that the de- 
posit in any one bank shall never be in excess of its capital and 
surplus and that no more than twenty-five per centum of the total 


22 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


amount of sinking fund held, by the City at any time shall be de- 
posited in any one bank. On making deposits of such sinking 
funds, the treasurer shall take from such institution or institutions 
as security for such deposits negotiable interest bearing United 
States, State, County, School District or Municipal Bonds, or surety 
company bonds in an amount not less than the amount of such de- 
posit. And no part of the sinking fund shall ever be applied or used 
for any municipal purpose except for the purchase of securities, or 
for the payment of principal and interest on bonds. 

The Council shall by ordinance provide a system of accounting 
for the City not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. 


97. TAXES. The Council shall by ordinance provide a system 
for the assessment, equalization, levy and collection of all City 
taxes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter and of 
law, but in no’ case shall such levy exceed that fixed by the Con- 
stitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma. 


98. EXISTING LAW GOVERNING: Until the Council shall 
otherwise by ordinance provide, the Statutes of the State of Okla- 
homa now or hereafter in force, shall govern the assessment, equal- 
ization and collection of taxes for and on behalf of the City, in 
respect to the certification and collection of all delinquent charges, 
assessments or taxes. 


99. BUDGET: On or before the first Monday in May of each 
year the City Manager shall certify to the Council the amount of 
money to be raised by taxation during the ensuing fiscal year to 
make payment of interest, sinking fund, principal of bonded in- 
debtedness, and also the estimated amount of revenue from sources 
other than the taxes levied, and he shall at the same time, or on 
such' other day in each year as may be fixed by the Council, pre- 
pare and present to the Council his annual budget for the ensuing 
fiscal year showing all of the needs of the City for all purposes. 
The budget so prepared shall be compiled from detailed informa- 
tion and in its arrangement the classification of expenditures shall 
correspond to the accounting system of the City and shall give in 
parallel columns the following information: 


(a) Detailed estimates of the expense of conducting each de- 
partment and division of the City government. 

(b) Expenditures for corresponding items during the two fiscal 
years last past; 

(c) Amount of supplies and materials on hand; 

(d) Estimated revenue from the operation of public utilities 
and incidental to other operation of the City government, other 
than a tax levy; 

(e) Increase or reduction of demands as compared with the 
corresponding appropriations for the fiscal years last past; 

({) Such other information as may be required by the Coun- 
cil, or as the City Manager may deem advisable to submit. 


The estimates so given and constituting the recommendation 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 23 


of the City Manager as to the amounts necessary to be appropriated 
for the ensuing fiscal year shall be supported with information giv- 
ing the reasons therefor and such detail as may be necessary to 
afford the Council a comprehensive understanding of the needs and 
requirements of the City Government for the ensuing fiscal year. 

Sufficient copies of the annual budget by City Manager shall 
be prepared that there may be copies on file in the office of the 
City Clerk for inspection by the public. 

100. CITY ACCOUNTS. The City Manager shall appoint an 
accountant who shall under the direction of the City Manager, 
keep an account of all appropriations made by the Council and of 
all expenditures made or contracted to be made under such ap- 
propriations ; require current reports to him from each department 
and officer of the City showing the receipts of all moneys by such 
department or officer and the disposition thereof; devise, install 
and maintain accounting procedures for the City adequate to rec- 
ord in detail all transactions affecting the acquisition, custodianship 
and disposition of valuables including cash receipts and disburse- 
ments; and present the recorded facts periodically to the officials 
and to the public in such summaries and analytic schedules in detail 
support thereof as shall be necessary to show the effect of such 
transactions upon the city’s finances and as to each department 
or office of the City government; prescribe the methods of keep- 
ing accounts by all departments and officers and the form of all 
financial reports and statements rendered by them; direct and 
supervise the work of all bookkeepers and other employees charged 
with keeping books of financial account in all departments and of- 
fices of the City government; audit and approve for payment all 
claims and demands against the City and to prepare and disburse 
all warrants drawn on the City Treasurer; take charge, custody 
and control of all deeds, leases, warrants, vouchers, books and 
papers of any kind, the custody and control of which is not given 
to any other officer. —_—_—_—_—_——. 

ARTICLE VIII. 


City Attorney. 


101. The City Attorney shall conduct all cases wherein the 
City shall be party plaintiff or defendant, or a party in interest. 
He shall be legal advisor to the Mayor, Council, City Manager, and 
heads of Departments in relation to their duties, and shall perform 
such other duties not inconsistent herewith as may be required 
of him. 


24 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


ARTICLE IX. 


Parks. 


102. All lands and real property located in the City of Mus- 
kogee which have been heretofore, or which may be hereafter set 
apart or dedicated for the use of the public as a public park, shall 
forever remain to the use of the public as such park inviolate, and 
no part of said land or real property shall ever be used or occupied 
for any other purposes, unless authority therefor is granted at an 
election, except that the park now used as a State Fair grounds 
and known as the Fair Grounds Park, which is hereby dedicated 
for use as a State Fair grounds; and authority is hereby expressly 
given to the City Council to provide by a three-fourths vote of 
their number at any time for a sale, donation, or transfer of any 
part or all of such Fair Grounds Park to the State of Oklahoma for 
use as a Fair Grounds, so long as the same shall remain and be 
used as a place for holding the annual State Fair of the State of 
Oklahoma. 


103. PARK BOARD. There shall be a Board of Park Come 
missioners consisting of three members to be appointed by the 
Council, who shall hold their positions during the pleasure of the 
Council, and serve without pay, and except as herein otherwise pro- 
vided and until the Council shall otherwise provide by ordinance 
the rights, powers, and duties of said Board of Park Commissioners 
shal] be as now declared and defined by the laws of the State of 
Oklahoma relative to Park Boards in cities of the first class. The 
Board of Park Commissioners shall also have charge of the City 
cemetery and shall take care of and beautify the same. 


ARTICLE X. 


Library Board. 


104. There shall be a Library Board consisting of six members 
to be appointed by the Council, who shall hold their positions dur- 
ing the pleasure of the Council, and serve without pay. They shall 
have custody and care of the public library or libraries in the City 
of Muskogee, and shall manage the same. 


ARTICLE XI. 


Police Court. 


105. In the event that the City Court now exercising jurisdic- 
tion for the punishment of offenders against the ordinance of the 
City of Muskogee shall at any time be abolished by law, or declared 
not to possess jurisdiction to try and determine such offenses, the 


MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 25 


City Council shall forthwith by proper ordinance establish a Police 
Court in the City of Muskogee, and shall appoint a Police Judge to 
preside over the same, who shall possess all of the qualifications 
now required for the office of Mayor, and in addition thereto shall 
be a member of the bar. 


ARTICLE XII. 


Miscellaneous. 


106. CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE: All persons holding any 
non-elective office or employment under the City at the time when 
this Charter goes into force and effect shall continue in such office 
or employment and shall draw the same rate of compensation as 
during the month preceding the adoption of this Charter until re- 
moved or until the compensation is changed. 


The term of office of the Mayor and Commissioners of the City 
of Muskogee, elected prior to the time this Charter takes effect 
shall terminate at ten o’clock a. m. on the 13th day of April, 1920, 
or as soon thereafter as the officers provided for in this Charter 
shall qualify. 


107. PRESENT ORDINANCES CONTINUE IN FORCE: All 
laws, ordinances, resolutions, by-laws, orders, rules, or regulations 
in force in the City of Muskogee at the time this Charter takes 
effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, 
whether enacted by the authority of the City or by any other au- 
thority, shall continue in full force and effect, until the Council 
otherwise by ordinance provides, notwithstanding any change of 
organization effected by this Charter. 


108. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION: Any person who shall 
violate any of the provisions of this Charter for the violation of 
which no punishment has been provided herein, shall be punished 
by a fine not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or by im- 
prisonment in the City jail not exceeding three (3) months or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 


109. CONTINUING BONDS, ETC. All official bonds, recog- 
nizances, obligations, contracts and all other instruments entered 
into or executed by or to the City before this Charter takes effect, 
and all taxes, fines, penalties and forfeitures due or owing to the 
City, and all writs, prosecutions, actions, and causes of action, ex- 
cept as herein otherwise provided, shall continue and remain un- 
affected by this Charter. 


110. OFFICIAL BOOKS, RECORDS, ETC. (a) All books, rec- 
ords and papers of every office, department, board or commission 
are City property and must be kept as such by the proper officers 
or employees during their continuance in office and then delivered 


26 MUSKOGEE CITY CHARTER 


to their successors, who shall give duplicate receipts therefor, one 
of which shall be filed with the Clerk. 


(b) Certified copies or extracts from the books, records and 
files shall be given by the officer, board, commission or employee 
having the same in custody, to any person demanding the same and 
paying a reasonable price for such copies or extracts. 


(c) All equipment, collections, models, materials, instruments, 
tools and implements, which are collected, maintained, used or kept 
by the City or by any department officer, board or commission, 
shall be City property, and be duly accounted for or turned over to 
their respective successors. 


111. POLITICAL -ACTIVITY PROHIBITED: Novoriieeneas 
member of the Police or Fire Department shall be a member of or 
a delegate to any political convention, nor shall he be present at 
such convention except in the performance of duty relating to his 
position as such officer or member. He shall not solicit any per- 
son to vote at any political primary or election, nor challenge, nor 
in any manner attempt to influence any votes thereat. He shall 
not be a member of any political committee. Any officer or mem- 
ber violating any provision of this section shall be dismissed from 
service. 


112. FIRST ELECTION. In the event this substituted Charter 
shall not be approved in time to hold the first election provided for 
herein at the time specified in the Charter, a special election for 
the first officers to be elected shall be held according to the pro- 
visions of this Charter governing elections, except that the primary 
for the selection of candidates at said election shall be called by the 
Mayor within ten days after the approval of this Charter by the 
Governor, said primary election to be held not less than Twenty- 
five (25) nor more than Thirty (30) days after said call, and the 
general election for the selection of said officers shall be called by 
the mayor for a date ten (10) days after the date of said primary. 


113. AMENDMENTS. Amendments to this Charter may be 
submitted by the City Council at any general election or at a spe- 
cial election to be called for that purpose and held in accordance 
with the provisions of this Charter governing elections. Notice of 
said election, with the amendment to be voted on, shall be pub- 
lished once a week, in some newspaper of general circulation pub- 
lished in the City of Muskogee, for four consecutive weeks next 
before said election. 


ANIMALS Pf 


CHAPTER I. 
ANIMALS. 
Article. Article. 
I. Running at large; im- pounding. License and 
pounding. regulation. 
Po ruelty to. IV. Birds—Protecting. 
III. Dogs—Keeping and im- Hogs—See Sec. 318. 
ARTICLE I. 
ANIMALS. 
Section. Section. 
wei. Running at large. careless driving. 
2. Impounding. 7. False impounding. 
3. Record of seizure. 8. Separate offences. 
4. Reports. 9. Penalty. 
5. Impounding employees. 10. Fowls running at large; 
6. Resisting enforcement. penalty. 


Ordinance No. 18. Stock Running at Large. 
Ordinance No. 236. Stock Running at Large. 
Ordinance No. 321. Stock-Driving Through Streets. 


ARTICLE I. 


ANIMALS; RUNNING AT LARGE; IMPOUNDED 


Section 1. RUNNING AT LARGE. That hereafter no horse, 
mule, mare, colt, jack or jennet, or swine of any kind, sheep, goat 
or cattle of any kind, shall be suffered or permitted to run at large 
within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee at any time; 
and it is hereby declared to be unlawful for the owner or person 
in charge of any of the animals above mentioned to suffer or per- 
mit any such animal to run at large within the limits of said City. 


Section 2, IMPOUNDING. That it shall be the duty of the 
Chief of Police to cause all animals found running at large contrary 
to the provisions of this ordinance to be seized and impounded in 
some proper pound or pounds, selected or provided for that pur- 
pose, and to notify the owner or owners thereof; and the said 
owner or owners shall pay the following penalties before the Chief 
of Police shall turn over any of said animals to him, her or them, 
namely; a pound fee of one dollar for each animal so impounded, 
and fifty cents per day each for the keeping of same. 

In case the owner or person in charge of such animal or animals 
be unknown, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to advertise 
such animal or animals, by posting up notices at three public places 


28 ANIMALS 


in said City. If after five days notice no person appears to claim 
such animal or animals, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to 
sell the same at public auction. 


Section 3. RECORD OF SEIZURE. It shall be the duty of 
the Chief of Police to enter in a book to be kept in his office for that 
purpose the description and the date of seizure of all animals taken 
up under the provisions of this ordinance; and the place where im- 
pounded, the name of the owner, if known, and if unknown, the date 
of the warning notice given, and all subsequent proceedings relat- 
ing to the sale thereof, the amount realized and the amount turned 
into the Treasury. An accurate account Shall be kepimeuenae 
amount for which each animal, or lot of animals, and the amount of 
penalty, for which the same was sold, due report of all which shall 
be made by the Chief of Police of said City to the Council as soon as 
practicable after each of such sales. The proceeds of such sales 
shall be applied to the payment of the penalities hereinbefore pro- 
vided, and the whole proceeds of such sale, after deducting the 
penalties and cost of keeping, shall be turned into the City Treas- 
ury, and held subject to the claim of the proper person entitled 
thereto, who may apply therefor to the Council within six months 
thereafter; and where any such person so applying shall show that 
neither at the time of seizure nor condemnation of his property was 
he a citizen or a resident of this City; that he had no knowledge of 
his animals going at large therein, nor actual notice of the pro- 
ceeding under which they were sold; it shall be the duty of the City 
Manager to inquire into the truth of the matter, and upon satis- 
factory evidence thereof, he shall order a warrant drawn in favor 
of such person for any amount covering into the City Treasury as 
the whole or part of such penalties in addition to any excess that 
may remain subject to his claim. 


Section 4. REPORTS. The Chief of Police shall also make 
regular reports of the various amounts. received by him from per- 
sons claiming and taking their animals out of pound before sale. 


Section 5. IMPOUNDING EMPLOYEES. That the Chief 
of Police may employ not more than two competent persons to 
seize and impound stock within the city limits, or perform any 
other such duties as may be imposed upon them in connection with 
the seizure and impounding of such stock; and they shall receive 
their compensation out of the fees hereinbefore provided for in 
this ordinance. 


Section 6. RESISTING ENFORCEMENT; CARELESS 
DRIVING. Every person who shall resist the enforcement of 
this ordinance, or who shall take or attempt to take out of the 
pound any stock placed therein by the direction of the Chief of 
Police without paying the fees prescribed by this ordinance, or 
who shall permit any of the kind of stock mentioned in this ordi- 
nance to run at large within the limits of said city, or drive any 


ANIMALS 29 


such stock through any street or alley of said city in such a care- 
less manner as to injure the property of any person, or allow them 
to go on and across the yard, lawn, garden, improved parking, or 
other premises of persons residing in said city, or shall hitch or tie 
any such stock to any tree or shrubbery in any park, or in the park- 
ing of any street in said City, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than 
nineteen dollars and ninety five cents. 


Section 7. FALSE IMPOUNDING. That whoever shall 
drive or cause td be driven, or who shall be connected directly or 
indirectly with the driving of any stock from without to within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, for the purpose of im- 
pounding the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than nineteen dol- 
lars and ninety-five cents. | 


Section 8. SEPARATE OFFENCES. That the impounding 
of each animal by the person driving or interested in driving the 
same within the corporate limits as aforesaid, shall be deemed a 
separate offense under this ordinance. 


Section 9. PENALTY. Any person found guilty of opening 
any enclosure within the city limits for the purpose of letting go 
at large any animal mentioned in this ordinance shall for each of- 
fense be fined not more than fifteen dollars. 


Section 10... FOWLS RUNNING AT LARGE; PENALTY. 
Whoever shall in this city, be they owners, keepers or possessors © 
of any chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or other damestic fowls, 
tolerate, permit or suffer the same to trespass or run at large upon 
the premises of any other person or persons or on any public high- 
way or park of this city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction therefor in violation hereof, shall be fined in 
an amount not in excess of ten Dollars, ($10.00), and each day shall 
constitute a separate offense. 


ARTICLE II. 


ANIMALS. CRUELTY TO. 


Section. Section. 
11. Cruel treatment. mals prohibited. 
12. Abandoning; working 16. Prohibiting sale of dis- 
when unfit for labor. eased horse or mule by 
Ismeboliceto uncheck, « auctioneer. 
14. Diseased horses and mules 17. Killing diseased or wound- 
excluded. ed animals. 


15. Fighting or baiting ani- 18. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 235. Animals—Defining Cruelty To. 
Ordinance No. 972. Animals—Protecting from Abuse. 


30 ANIMALS 


ARTICLE II. 


ANIMALS CRUE yi. 


Section 11. CRUEL TREATMENT. ‘That it shall be mnlaw- 
ful for any person to overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, 
overwork, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, 
cruelly beat, mutilate, or kill any animal, or check the head of 
same uncomfortably high, or cause or procure an animal to be 
overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tor- 
tured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, 
mutilated, or killed, or checked extremely high, or for any person, 
having custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, to in- 
flict unnecessary cruelty upon it, or fail to provide it with proper 
food, drink, shelter, or protection from the weather. 


Section 12. ABANDONING; WORKING WHEN UNFIT 
FOR LABOR. That it shall be unlawful for every owner, pos- 
sessor or persons having charge of an animal to cruelly drive, or 
work when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandon it, or carry it, or 
cause it to be carried, in or upon a vehicle or otherwise, in an un- 
necessary cruel or inhuman manner, and knowingly or wilfully 
authorize or permit it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suf- 
fering or cruelty of any kind. ' 


Section 13. POLICE TO UNCHECK. That any police of- 
ficer of the City of Muskogee shall have authority to uncheck the 
head of animals left checked upon the streets of the City of Mus- 
kogee. 


Section 14. DISEASED HORSES AND MULES EXCLUD- 
ED. ‘That it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly bring 
into the City any horse or mule having glanders, nasal gleet, farcy, 
or other infectious or contagious diseases, whereby the health or 
lives of other horses or mules shall be endangered, or to allow the 
same to run at large within the City. 


Section 15. FIGHTING OR BAITING ANY ANIMAL, PRO- 
HIBITED. Any person who shall keep or use, or in any way be 
connected with or interested in the management of, or shall re- 
ceive money for the admission of any person, to any place kept or 
used for the purpose of fighting or baiting any bull, bear, dog, cock 
or other creature, and every person who shall encourage, aid, as- 
sist or permit any place to be so kept or used, shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 
be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 16. PROHIBITING SALE OF DISEASED HORSE 
OR MULE BY AUCTIONEER. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to knowingly sell at auction as an auctioneer, or to cause, 
allow or procure to be sold by any auctioneer, any glandered or 
diseased horse or mule whereby the lives or health of any other 
horse or mule may be endangered. 


ANIMALS 31 


section 17. KILLING DISEASED OR WOUNDED ANI- 
MALS. That when from any cause it may happen that any horse, 
mule or cow, calf, steer, goat, dog or other domestic animal within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, shall be so wounded, 
maimed, sick, diseased or injured as to render its recovery hopeless, 
then and in that event, it shall become the duty of the Chief of 
Police to kill or destroy, or to cause to be killed or destroyed, such 
animal so injured, and as soon after such injury as practicable, 
and in such manner as in his judgment shall be the least painful, 
and to cause the carcass thereof to be removed to such place as 
may be set apart for such matter. 


Section 18. PENALTY. Any person found guilty of violat- 
ing the provisions of this article, or any of them, shall be punish- 
ed by a fine in a sum not to exceed nineteen dollars and ninety- 
five cents. 


ARTICLE III. 


DOGS; KEEPING AND IMPOUNDING. 


Section. Section. 

19. Muzzling pursuant to pro- 24. License required; amount. 
clamation. 25. Unlicensed ; impoundment. 

20. Muzzle; kind of. 26. Impounding regulations. 

21. Prohibiting use of injuri- 2/. Dogs of transients, ex- 
ous muzzle. empt. 

22. Running at large. 28. Regulation during salacity. 

23. Police Officers to kill. 29s Penalty, 


Ordinance No. 791. Dogs—Muzzling, etc. 

Ordinance No. 793. Dogs—Muzzling, Amending No. 791. 

Ordinance No. 910. Dogs—Imposing License Tax. 

Ordinance No. 1207. Dogs—Prohibiting Running at 
Large. 7 


ARTICLE III. 


DOGS; KEEPING AND IMPOUNDING. 


Section 19. MUZZLING PURSUANT TO. PROCLAMATION 
OF CITY MANAGER. It shall be the duty of the City Manager, 
whenever in his opinion danger to the public safety from rabid 
dogs is great and imminent, to publish his proclamation ordering 
and requiring all persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog, 
or animal of the dog kind, to muzzle the same, or to confine the 
same not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days from the 
date of such proclamation, by good and sufficient means, to the 
house, stable, outhouse or yard wherein such persons reside, and 


32 ANIMALS 


upon the issuing of such proclamation by the City Manager, it 
shall be the duty of all persons owning, keeping or harboring any 
dog, or animal of the dog kind, during the time specified in such 
proclamation, to confine the same, by good and sufficient means, 
within the yard, house, stable, or outhouse, or have same properly 
and securely muzzled. 


Section 20. MUZZLE; KIND OF. The muzzle Heréemiige- 
quired shall be made of some kind of suitable material, which shall 
possess sufficient strength to secure the mouth of such dog, or 
animal of the dog kind, so as to prevent such animal from biting, 
and said muzzle shall be so fastened in such a manner that the 
same shall securely keep said animal from biting persons. 


Section 21. PROHIBITING USE OF INJURIOUS MUZZLE. 
No muzzle shall be used on any dog, or animal of the dog kind, 
which is made from any material, or shall be maintained on any 
such animal in such a manner as to have the effect of cutting the 
skin of the animal or otherwise severely injuring it. 


Section 22. RUNNING AT LARGE. That it shall be unlaw- 
ful for the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or dogs, within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, to permit 
such dog or dogs to run at large upon any of the streets, alleys or 
public grounds of said city or to run over or trespass upon the pri- 
vate grounds of any other citizen or resident of the said City of 
Muskogee, whether a license tax shall have been paid upon said 
dog or not. 


Section 23. POLICE OFFICERS TO KILL” [hag aits mena 
the duty of the police officers or such other officers as may be ap- 
pointed by the City Manager to shoot or cause to be shot or other- 
wise killed any dog found running at large, contrary to the provi- 
sions of Section 22, whether a license tax shall have been paid upon 
said dog or not, or such officers may, 1f deemed feasible, dispose of 
such dog or dogs as is now or may hereafter be provided by ordi- 
nance relating to unlicensed dogs; but nothing in any such ordi- 
nance relating to the licensing of dogs, or any other ordinance, 
shall be construed as an inhibition against the right of such of- 
ficer to kill any dog, whether licensed or not, found running at 
large contrary to section 22 hereof. 


Section 24, LICENSE REQUIRED; AMOUNT. (aiiaaa 
shall be the duty of every person owning or having in charge any 
dog within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee to pay to 
the City of Muskogee. a license tax of One Dollar and fifty cents 
per year ($1.50) for each male dog and Two Dollars and fifty cents 
per year ($2.50) for each female dog, and to place about the neck 
of each dog a leather or metallic collar bearing a copper tag con- 
taining the number of the year in which issued and the word “Mus- 


ANIMALS 33 


kogee” engraved thereon, such tag to be evidence of the payment 
of the license tax required hereunder. 


Section 25. UNLICENSED; IMPOUNDMENT. All dogs 
found within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee without 
such tag as is described above may be taken up and impounded as 
hereinafter provided, or may be immediately killed by the police. 


Section 26. IMPOUNDING—REGULATIONS. ‘That it shall 
be the duty of the Chief of Police, and each and every officer under 
his charge, to take up and impound every dog found within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee upon which such license 
tax has not been paid and to hold the same for a period of five (5) 
days and if such dog shall not be reclaimed during that period by 
the owner, or person in charge thereof, by the payment of the li- 
cense tax herein provided and a fee of one Dollar for such impound- 
ing, the Chief of Police, or the officer acting under him, shall kill, 
or cause such dog to be killed and buried, or otherwise disposed of 
in a sanitary manner, or such officer, upon failure or refusal of the 
owner to pay such license fee, may forthwith kill such dog with- 
out the necessity of impounding the same. 


Section 27. DOGS OF TRANSIENTS; EXEMPT. Any dog 
belonging to and following or being led by any transient traveler 
through the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee shall be ex- 
empted from the license tax. 


mection 26; REGULATION DURING SALACITY. lt shall 
be the duty of the Chief of Police, and each officer under his 
charge, to kill each and every female dog running at large on the 
streets and alleys of the City of Muskogee during her period of 
salacity, and the prudent use of firearms for that purpose by the 
Chief of Police, or the officer under his charge, shall not be deemed 
a violation of any of the ordinances of the City of Muskogee. 

Section 29. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the pro- 
visions of this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a 
sum not exceeding nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents. 


ARTICLE IV. 


BIRDS: PROTECTING. 


Section. Section. 
29. Bird Sanctuaries; desig- 30. Unlawful to molest, shoot, 
nating parks as. etes, Benalty, 


Ordinance 1037. 


ARTICLE IV. 


BIRDS: PROTECTING. 


Section 29. DESIGNATING PARKS AS BIRD SANCTU- 


34 ANIMALS — BUILDING CODE 


ARIES. That the City hereby designates each and every park 
within the City as a Bird Sanctuary to be controlled under the dir- 
ection of the Park Board with power to equip bird houses, nests, 
watering places and such other necessary equipment as will be 
necessary to provide a habitation and breeding places for all song 
and insectivorous birds. 


Section: 30: UNLAWFUL -TO MOLEST) SHOOTSE Te. 
That it shall be unlawful for any one to molest, interfere, destroy, 
wound, shoot, or shoot at any song or insectivorous bird anywhere 
within the corporate limits of this City, or destroy or interfere 
with any nest or eggs of said birds, and upon conviction the party 
offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any 
sum not exceeding ($19.95), nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents. 


CHAPTER II. 


BUILDING REGULATIONS. 


Article. Article. 
I. Building Code. IV. Plumbers Examining 
II. Electrical Code. Board. 
III. Plumbing Code. . V. Gas Fitting. 
ARTICLE I. 


BUILDING CODE. 


Section. Section. 
31. Inspector and His Duties. 32. Permits. 
1. Building Inspector. 1. Preliminary require- 
2 Oat hsonee tice: ments. 
3. Record of Applications. 2. Application for _ per- 
for Permits. mits. 
4, Shall Inspect when 3. Plans and_ specifica- 
Notified. tions. 
5. Duties of Inspector! 4. Basis of approval or 
6. Power of Inspector. disapproval. 
/, shall Vexaminesyeaud Die CLMite. 
buildings being erect- 6. Revocation of Permits. 
ed. 7. Limit of Permit. 
8. Shall examine all dan- 8. If raised or built upon 
gerous buildings. must conform to ordi- 
9. Clerk and assistants. nance. 
10. Inspector and_assist- 9. Fees for Permits. 
ants not to engage in 33. Definitions. 
any building business. 1, Adjoining Owner. 


11. Salary of Inspectors. 2. Alteration. 


Section. 


BUILDING CODE 


33. Definitions—Continued. 


. Appendages. 


Apartment Houses. 


. Areas. 

. Attic Story. 

. Basement Story. 

. Bay Window. 

. Bearing Walls. 

. Brick Building. 

. Building Line. 

. Building. 

. Building Owner. 

. Business Building. 

. Cellar. 

. Cement. 

. Concrete. 

. Division Wall. 

. Dwelling. 

. Factory Building. 
Ist oLory: 

. Frame Building. 

. Foundation. 

. Ground Floor. 

. Height of Building. 
wibbeight of, Wall. 

. Height of a.Story. 

e a10tel, 

. Incombustible Roof. 
. Inflammable Material. 
. Lodging Houses. 

. Loads on Buildings. 
. Mansard Roof. 

. Measurement of Build- 


ings. 


. Office Building. 

. Oriel Window. 
melarking, 

. Repairs. 

. Shed. 

. Show Window. 

. Skeleton Construction. 
. Story of a Building 
. Street. 

. Tenement. 

. Theatre. 

. Ton. 

. Veneered Building. 
. Walls. 

. Warehouses. 


Section. 


35 


34. Materials. 


1 


Quality of Material— 
Brick and Stone. 


PISS Fay 

3. Lime Mortar. 
4. 
5 
6 
7 


Cement Mortar. 


. Cement. 
. Quality of Lumber. 
. Structural Metal. 


d5seotrensth: 


i 
fe, 


ye 
4. 


Test of Material. 


Safe Loads for Mason- 
ry Work. 

Wind Pressure. 

Gas or Steam Pipe 
Columns. 


36. Rages and Floors. 
. Floor Loads—Tempor- 


Or U1 -& W RO 


oA 


ary Supports. 


. Structural Loads. 
. Loads on Floors to be 


distributed. 


. Strength of Existing 


floors to be calculated. 


. Floors in Construction. 
. Strength of Tempor- 


ary Supports. 


Sidewalks. 

. Permits and Areas. 

. Stairway Areas. 
wStaitnway sau satire et 


Corners. 


. Use of Space’ under 


sidewalk. 


. Strength of Sidewalks. 


Openings in Sidewalks. 


. Outside Stairway from 


Sidewalk. 


. Temporary Sidewalk. 
. Eaves Dripping on 


Sidewalk. 


38. Streets. 


1. 


in & Ww bo 


BKxcavatin gunder 
Streets. 


. Removal of Obstrue- 


tion after work done. 


. Red Lights. 
. Gutterways. 
. Curb or Paving—How 


36 


BUILDING CODE 


Section. 


38. Streets—Continued. 
to Remove. 


6. Building Material. 
7. Permit to use Street 
for Private Purposes. 


39. Excavations. 
. Excavations. 


Notified. 


. Foundations. 
. Footings. 


Fire Walls. 


NX HO Urb Ww De 


struction. 
8. Fireproof 
tion. 
40. Walls and Piers. 


lee W alletandsPiérs. 


2. Brick’ Piers: 


WallseopepusSi ness 


Buildings. 


ah 
4. Business Buildings 
with Dwelling Apart- 


ments. 


. Walls 


Apartments and Flats. 
. Thickness of Division 


Walls. 


. Light Courts or Areas. 
. Partition in Two-Story 
or Apart- 


Dwellings 
ments. 


10. Foundations for Frame 


Dwellings. 


11. Combination Walls. 
12. Frame and Veneered 
Height. 
13. Apartment and Flat 


Buildings. 
Buildings. 


14. Basement Walls 
Brick Buildings. 


Thickness. 

1S" Crrtaie Walls, 
ness. 

16. Additional 
of Walls. 


. Agent or Owner to be 


. Depth of Excavations. 


. Atreavot Buildings: 
. Non-Fireproof Con- 


Construc- 


for Dwellings. 


5 
6 
7. Temporary Buildings. 
8 
9 


Thickness 


Section. 
40. Walls and Piers—Gont 


41. 


WE 
18. 


1 
20. 


Ze 
eos 
2a. 
24. 
29. 


26. 


ra 
28. 
20: 
30. 


oi 


a: 
Soe 
34. 
SNE 
36. 
37 


Party Wall—Three 
Feet Above Roof. 
Recesses in Walls. 
Fire Proof Doors. 
Metal Window 
Frames and Fire- 
Proof Shutters. 
Hollow Walls. 

Hollow Brick. 
Exterior Walls. 

Stone Cornice—How 
Latd. 

Brick Walls—How 
Bonded. 

Backing of Walls 
Faced with Ashler. 
How Thick. 

Wooden Girders or 
Lintels not Allowed. 
Anchors. 

Floor Beams or Joists. 
Headers Hung in Stir- 
rups. 

Roof and Floor ‘Tim- 
bers not to go Through 
Wall. 

Floor Timbers not to 
enter Chimney Wall. 
Furred Walls of Chim- 
neys. 

Stud Partitions not to 
Support Floors. 
Non-Combustible Sup- 
ports. 

Stone and Iron Tem- 
plates. 

Brick and Hollow Tile 
Partitions. 


. Existing Party Walls. 
. Bonding of Walls. 
. Lining Existing Walls. 
. Height ‘of Stories, 
42. 
Chimneys, 


Ground Dampness. 
Furnaces and 


Heating Plants. 


1. 
Zs 


Chimneys. 
Dangerous 
and Flues. 


Chimneys 


Section. 


BUILDING CODE 


41. Chimneys, Etc.—Cont. 


3 


9 


10. 


mh 
12 
13 


MANO on oo 


Hot Water and Fur- 
nace Pipes. 
Furnaces—T ops 
Brick, Etc. 

Top of Portable Fur- 
nace. 

Warm Air Pipes, Tin. 
Hot Air Registers. 
Gas, Water, Steam 
and other Pipes. 
Hearths. 

Metallic Chimneys. 
Metallic Smoke Flues. 
Chimneys of Cupolas. 
Isolated Smoke Stacks. 
Boilers Placed. 
Stoves and Ranges. 
Ash Boxes. 

Drying Rooms. 

Bake Ovens. 

Boiler Rooms. 


of 


42. Stairs. 


1 


1 


3 


ON wo fb 


Stairs. Where Re- 
quired. 

Stairs for School 
Buildings. 

Stairways in Fireproof 
Buildings. 

Public Halls and 
Churches. 

Apartment Houses. 
Flats and Dwellings. 
Winding and Circular 
Stairs. 


43. Fire Escapes—Standpipes. 


Roe 


ire Escapes. What 
Buildings Must Have. 


. Building Provided 


with Fire Escapes. 


. Fire Escapes in Courts. 
. Night Watchman 


2 
3 
A 
5. 
6 
7 


to 
be Provided. 
Stand Pipes. 


. Stand Pipes—How 


Constructed. 


. Pipe and Hose Con- 


nections in Public 
Halls. 


37 
Section. 
44. Elevators. 

1. Elevators. Permits to 
be Obtained. 

2. Metal Plate Showing 
Carrying Capacity. 

3. Qualifications of Per- 
sons Operating Ele- 
vators. 

4. Passenger Elevators. 
Definition. 

5. Passenger Elevator 
Hatchways. How En- 
closed. 

6. Freight Elevator 
Hatchways. How En- 
closed. 


1 


105) 


16 
Wi 
18 
19 


20 
Zk 


22 


Passenger Cars with 
More than one En- 
trance. 

Automatic Down- 
Speed Governor. 
Automatic Slack Cable 
Device: 

Terminal Stops. 
Automatic Electric 
Brakes. How Applied. 


. Safety Device on Cable- 


13; 
14. 


Hoisting Elevator. 
Cables. 

Head Room Above Car. 
Elevator Built in 
Well-hole. 

Inspection. 

Beams and Guides. 
Emergency Exit. 
Electric Elevators. 
When. 
Counterweights. 
Emergency and Final 
Limit Switches. 

Pit 


45. Fireproof Construction. 


1 
Bi 
Sy 
4. 


Fireproof Building— 
Construction. When. 
Fireproof Construction 
Defined. 


Fireproofing. Mater- 


ials Used for. 


Internal Fireproofing. 


38 


BUILDING CODE 


Section. 


46. 


47. 


48. 
49. 


Reinforced Concrete Con- 

struction. 

. For What Buildings. 

. Computations. 

. Specifications. 

. Records of Work. 

. Tests of Cement. 

. Aggregate. 

. Cinder Concrete. 

. Removal of Forms. 

. Fireproofing. 

Iron and Steel Construc- 

tion. 

1. Iron and Steel Con- 
struction. 

2. Thickness ‘of Walls— 
How Carried. 

3) Cast Iron: 

Slow Burning Buildings. 

1. How Constructed. 


OANA MIB WDYOrH 


Theatres and Places of 
Amusement. | 
1. Places of Amusement. 


Definitions. 

2. Obstructions. 

3. Changes of Existing 
Theatres. 

4. Building Inspector to 
Take Possession. 

5. Emergency Exits, Etc. 

6. Auditorium Exits. 

7. Width. 

8. Doors Bolted. 

9. Balcony Exits. 

. Diagram and Lights. 

11. Buildings—How Used. 

12. Workshop, Etc. 

13. Hazardous Business. 

. Exterior Walls. 

15. Interior Walls. 

. Staircases. 

. Fire Wall. 

. Fireproof Arch. 

19. Proscenium Frame. 

. Proscenium Walls— 
Doors.) thitc: 

Zl Gartain: 

. Metal Curtain. 

23. Fireproof Shafts. 


Section. 


49. 


50. 


313 


Theatres and Places of 

Amusement—Cont. 

24. Skylights. 

25. Sheathing. 

26. Dressing Room Walls, 
Etc. 

27. Open Space of Stage. 

28. Fly Galleries. 

29. Stage Woodwork. 

30. Doorways. 

. Capacity. 

sweats: 

. Aisles. 

. Boiler Rooms. 

. Lighting of Building. 

. Gas Mains and Lights. 

. Fire Apparatus. 

. Water Service. 

~ Lan 

. Automatic Sprinklers. 

. Standpipes. 

. Hose. ) 

. Other Fire Apparatus. 


44. Approval by Building 
Inspector. 

45. Must Have Water 
Closets. 

46. Rooms for Moving 
Pictures. 


Buildings Within Fire 

Limits. 

1. Construction of Ex- 
terior Walls. 

2. Repairing or Altering 
Frame Building With- 

~ in Fire Limits. | 

. Re-locating Frame 
Buildings. 

. Roofs in Fire Limits. 

. Cornices. 

. Temporary Sheds. 

. Stairs of Wood With- 
in the Fire Limits. 
When. 

Dangerous Buildings. 

1. Dangerous Buildings, 
Walls. Condemnation. 


NITION O71 On 


52. Moving of Buildings. 


1. House Moving, Permit. 


BUILDING CODE 39 


Section. Section. 
52. Moving of Bldgs.—Cont. 54. Miscellaneous—Cont. 

2. Bond to be Given. 6. Fireproof Shaving 

53. Signs and Billboards. Vaults. 

lz Fences;'« Signs, © ‘Bill- 7. Rainwater Leaders. 
boards—Permit. 8. Decorations in Stores. 

2. Sign on Top of Struc- 9. Public Hall and Church 
tures. , Exits. 

3. Drawings and Specifi-, 10. Height of Public Halls 
cations. Above Grade. 

4. General Provisions. 11. Bridging. 

54. Miscellaneous. 55. Awnings. 

1. Buildings Shall Not 1. Cloth Awnings. 
Project Beyond Build- 2. Incombustible Awn- 
ing Line. ings. 

2. Iron Bars and Posts. 3. Wood Awnings. 
3. Smoke Houses. 4. Awnings Previously 
B Scuttles on Flat Roofs. Erected. 


. Skylights. 56. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 746. Moving of Buildings—Regulating. 
Ordinance No. 783. General Building Regulations. 


SECTION 31—INSPECTOR AND HIS DUTIES. 


1. BUILDING INSPECTOR. There is hereby created in 
said City, the office of Building Inspector; such Inspector shall be 
appointed by the City Manager. 

2. OATH OF OFFICE. The Building Inspector shall give 
bond in the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, with some 
Surety Company, as Surety to be approved by the City Council and 
filed with the City Clerk, conditioned on the faithful performance 
of his duties. He shall keep an office at such place as shall be pro- 
vided at the expense of the City. 


Gee ORDy Obra PLICATIONS (FOR) PER MITSihrlt 
shall be the duty of said Building Inspector to issue all permits, 
keeping a record in chis office of all applications therefor, which 
shall be regularly numbered in the order of their issue; to collect 
in advance, all fees therefor and pay over the same daily to the 
City Treasurer; also to keep a record showing the number, descrip- 
tion and size of all buildings erected in the City during his term of 
office; of what material constructed, the aggregate of the number, 
kind and cost of all building, the inspection, removal and condemna- 
tion of buildings and all other matters proper to be recorded 
therein. 

4. SHALL INSPECT WHEN NOTIFIED. It shall be the 
duty of said Inspector, upon being served with a notice to do so, 
to visit and inspect any building upon or in which work is being 
done, under any of the provisions of this Ordinance. 


40 BUILDING CODE 


5. DUTIES OF INSPECTOR. It shall be the duty of the 
Building Inspector to sign all certificates and notices required to 
be issued under this Ordinance; to make complaint of all violations 
thereof to the City Council; to keep in proper books a record of all 
transactions of his office, and to submit to the City Council, a 
monthly statement of all such transactions, and to enforce all of the 
provisions of this Ordinance. 


6. POWER OF INSPECTOR. The Building Inspector shall 
have full power to pass upon any question arising under the pro- 
visions of this Ordinance, relative to the matter of construction or 
material to be used in the erection, alteration or repair of any 
building; Provided, however, that should any question arise be- 
tween the Building Inspector and the owner and architect of any 
building, or should the owner or architect, or other interested party 
object to any order or decision of said Inspector, the matter shall 
be referred to a committee of three persons, one of whom shall be 
chosen by the Building Inspector, one by the Owner or other inter- 
ested party, and the third shall be selected by the two thus chosen, 
and a decision of these referees submitted in writing to the City 
Council, shall be final and conclusive. The referees thus chosen 
shall each be paid the sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars for each and 
every day or fractional part thereof, for such services, said expense 
to be borne equally by the parties interested. 


7. SHALL EXAMINE ALL BUILDINGS BEING ERECT= 
ED. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to examine as often as 
practicable, all buildings, or cause the same to be examined upon 
or in which work is being done under the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance, and make a record of all violations of this Ordinance, to- 
gether with street and number where such violations are found, 
giving the name of the owners, lessee, occupant, architect and 
builder, and of all other matters relative thereto. 


8. SHALL EXAMINE ALL DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. 
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to examine or cause to be ex- 
amined, all buildings reported to be dangerous, or damaged by fire 
or accident, and to make a record of such examination, including 
the nature of the same, and the nature of the damage, with the 
name of the street and the number of the building, and the name 
of the owner and to examine all buildings under application to be 
moved, enlarged, altered or built upon, if considered necessary, and 
to make a record of the condition of the same. Such record shall 
always be open to the inspection of the public. The Building 
Inspector and his regularly authorized assistants are hereby given 
authority to enter any building in the City of Muskogee in the 
performance of their duties, and to order and compel the suspen- 
sion of any work being done in violation of the provisions of this 
Ordinance, and to prohibit the use of any material or the mainten- 
ance or operation of any machinery in violation of the provisions 
of this Ordinance or in violation of any other Ordinance of the City 


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of Muskogee. And no person shall continue the construction of 
any building or use any material in or about any building, or use 
any machinery in or about any building, after said Inspector of 
Buildings, or his regularly authorized assistants, have directed, in 
writing, the suspension of such construction, or the use thereof. 
The Building Inspector and his regularly authorized assistants are 
hereby given authority to make such tests as may be necessary 
to determine the safety or the condition of any building or machin- 
ery, which it becomes their duty. under the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance to inspect. 


9. CLERK AND ASSISTANTS. The Building Inspector, 
by and with the consent of the City Manager, may appoint a clerk 
and such assistants as he may deem necessary to carry out the pro- 
visions of this Ordinance. 


PeeiNor ECLORMAND ASSISTANTS = NOTS TO. BE -EN- 
GAGED IN ANY BUILDING BUSINESS. The Inspector and as- 
sistants shall not, during their term of office, be employed or en- 
gaged, directly or indirectly in any building business, or enter into 
any contract for building for others or for furnishing materials, 
specifications, or plans for buildings for others. 


te SALARY OF INSPECTORS. The City Manager ol 
Muskogee shall in all cases fix the compensation of employes of 
the Building Inspector’s Department. 


SECTION 32—PERMITS. 


1. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS. No wall, struc- 
ture, building or part thereof, platform or staging shall hereafter 
be erected, unless it be sufficiently strong for the purpose intend- 
ed, and also in strict conformity with the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance. No building already erected, or hereafter erected, shall be 
raised, altered, moved or built upon in any manner that would be 
in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or of the 
_ permit issued thereunder. 


2. APPLICATION FOR PERMITS. When any person or 
persons shall be desirous of erecting, repairing, changing or alter- 
ing any building or structure within the limits of said City, he or 
they or their authorized agents, shall apply at the office of the 
Building Inspector and shall furnish said Inspector with a written 
statement, upon a blank form furnished by said Inspector for that 
purpose, together with plans and specifications of the work, which 
shall be delivered to the Building Inspector, and shall remain in 
his custody, and if it shall appear to said Inspector that the laws 
and Ordinances of such City are, and are contemplated to be, com- 
plied with, he shall grant such application. Said application shall 
state the name of the street and number or location of the build- 


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ing; the cost of the work, and shall be signed by both owner, or 
his authorized agent and contractor. No owner, architect, builder 
or other person shall make any changes in any plans or specifica- 
tions or in the structural parts of any such buildings or alteration, 
for which a permit has been granted, without the consent of the 
Building Inspector. Alterations in drawings or specifications on 
work, which do not involve any change in the structural part or 
conflict with any of the requirements of the Ordinance may be 
made without the permission of the Building Inspector. Repairs 
of buildings or structure, the cost of which will not exceed $25.00, 
may be made without notice to the Inspector, and permits where 
the cost does not exceed $200.00, will be issued without charge, 
provided such repairs shall not be construed to include the cutting 
away of any stone or brick wall, or any portion thereof, the re- 
moval or cutting of any beam or support, or the removal, change 
or closing of any staircase, or the construction or change of any 
chimney. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the 
Building Inspector from granting permits, for the erection of any 
part of a building, or any part of a structure, where the plans and 
detailed statements of said building or structure have been pre- 
sented for the same before the entire plans and detailed statements 
of said building or structure have been submitted. 

3. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. The Building Inspec- 
tor shall, in case plans and specifications do not clearly represent 
character of material and work intended, or how intended, demand 
additional plans, specifications and details. 


4. BASIS OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, ~ Thetbacis 
of approval or disapproval of plans and specifications or of con- 
demnation of structures by the Building Inspector, shall be the 
provisions of this Ordinance, and shall not be the opinion or judg- 
ment of the Inspector unless sustained by this Ordinance. 


5. PERMITS. No construction or repair work shall be done 
upon any building or structure in the City of Muskogee (except as 
hereinotherwise mentioned) without a permit from the Building 
Inspector. Before proceeding with the erection, enlargement, 
alteration, repair or removal of any building in the City of Mus- . 
kogee, a permit for such erection, enlargement, alteration, repair 
or removal shall first be obtained by the owner or owners or his or 
their agents from the Building Inspector, and it shall be unlawful 
to commence or proceed with the erection, enlargement, alteration, 
repair or removal of any building or structure, or part thereof 
within the City of Muskogee, unless such permit shall first have 
been obtained from the Building Inspector. 


6. REVOCATION OF PERMITS. Should the Baitaie 
Inspector become convinced that the work under any permit is not 
proceeding according to the detailed statement, plans and specifica- 
tions upon which such permit was issued, but is proceeding in viola- 
tion of the law or Ordinance, it shall be his duty to notify the owner 


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or owners, or his or their agents, in writing, that such work is being 
constructed in violation of the permit and Ordinance, and that the 
same must be immediately rectified to conform with the building 
laws. If the owner or owners, or his or their agents, neglect to 
comply with the’ said laws or fails to make correction, it shall be 
the further duty of the Building Inspector to revoke said permit, 
and notice thereof shall be immediately served upon the owner, 
agent, superintendent or contractor in charge of the work, and 
posted on the property. Said notice shall be in writing, signed by 
the Building Inspector, and after such revocation of permit any 
contractor or workman performing any work in or about said build- 
ing structure, or premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 
on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $19.95. 


7. LIMIT OF PERMIT. Every permit shall be considered 
cancelled if active work is not commenced within six months (6) 
after its issuance. 


8. IF RAISED OR BUILT UPON MUST CONFORM TO 
ORDINANCE. No building already erected, or hereafter built, 
shall be raised or built in such manner that were building wholly 
built or constructed after the passage of this Ordinance it would be 
in violation of any provision thereof. 


9. FEES FOR PERMITS. For a permit when the cost of 
the building, or repair or alteration thereof, does not exceed 
$2,000.00, $1.00. For each $500.00 or a fractional part thereof in 
excess of $2,000.00 and up to $5,000.00, $.50; and for each additional 
$1,000.00 or fractional part of $1,000.00, above $5,000.00, $.50. Per- 
mits for moving buildings shall be figured in the same manner, 
provided, however, that no such permit fee shall be less than $1.00. 
Permits for interior alterations, water tanks on roof and perman- 
ent grand stands, shall cost .50 for every $500.00 of the cost of 
alterations or erection of such building; provided, however, that 
no such permit fee shall be less than $1.00. For temporary grand 
stands, reviewing stands, platforms and all special temporary per- 
mits, the fees shall be $1.00. The fees for permits shall be paid to 
the Building Inspector, who shall not issue any permit until such 
fees have been paid. 


SECTION 33—DEFINITIONS. 


1. ADJOINING’ OWNER. The owner or owners of the 
premises adjoining those under consideration, or adjoining the 
property of the building owner. 


2. ALTERATION. Alteration means any change or addi- 
tion, excepting necessary repairs in, to, or upon any building at- 
fecting an external party of partition wall, chimney, flue, stairway 


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or the plan, arrangement, structural part of any building or con- 
flicting with any of the requirements of this Ordinance. 


3. APPENDAGES. Dormer-windows, cornices, moldings, 
bay-windows, towers, spires, ventilators, etc. 


4. APARTMENT HOUSES. Any building which is intend- 
ed or designed for, or used as the home of, or residence of three or 
more families or households, living independently of each other. 


5. AREAS. Sub-surface excavations adjacent to the build- 
ing line for lighting or ventilation of cellars or basements. 


6. ATTIC STORY. A story situated either in whole or in 
part in the roof. 


7. BASEMENT STORY. A story whose floor is three feet 
or more below the sidewalk and whose height does not exceed 
eleven feet in the clear, and is suitable for habitation. 


8. BAY WINDOW. A first-story projection for a window 
other than a tower projection or a show window. 


9. BEARING WALLS. Those on which beams, trusses, or 
girders rest. 


10. BRICK BUILDING... A building, the walls of which are 
built of brick, stone, or other substantial and incombustible mater- 
ials. 


11. BUILDING LINE. A line beyond which property 
owners or others have no legal or vested right to extend a building 
or any part thereof, or ordinarily a line of demarcation between 
public and private property, but so applied to a building restriction 
line when recorded on the designation plats of the City Engineer’s 
Office, Muskogee, Oklahoma. 


12. BUILDING. Anything erected by art, and fixed upon or 
in the soil, composed of different pieces connected together and 
designed for use in the position in which so fixed. Thus a pole 
fixed in the earth is not a building, but a wall or any construction 
within the scope or purview of these regulations is a building.. 


13. BUILDING OWNER. The owner, agent or trustee of 
the building or premises under consideration, construction, altera- 
tion, removal, repair or affected under these regulations. 


14. BUSINESS BUILDING. These embrace all buildings 
used for business purposes, thus including, among others, hotels, 
theatres and office buildings. 


15. CELLAR. A cellar is that portion of a building below 
the first floor of joists if partially or entirely below the level of 
the parking, street or ground, and not suitable for habitation. 


16. CEMENT. By cement is meant a material made by 


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burning to incipient fusion and afterwards grinding to powder, a 
mixture of carbonate of calcium and silicate of aluminum in proper 
proportions. If the mixture be one found in natural rock, it is 
known as natural cement. If the mixture be an artificial one, it is 
known as Portland cement. 


17. CONCRETE. An artificial stone made by mixing cement, 
water and an aggregate composed of hard particles of varying 
size, such as a combination of sand or broken stone screening with 
gravel, broken stone, or other coarse material. 


18. DIVISION WALL. One that separates part of any 
building from another part of the same building. 


19. DWELLING. A building designed or used for human 
habitation or abode. When used by members of not more than 
two families, it may be designated as a residence. But when rooms, 
apartments or sleeping accommodations are provided, for hire or 
compensation, such buildings may be classified and treated as 
apartment houses, tenements, or lodging houses. 


POS sPACTORY BUILDING. A factory shall be taken to 
mean every building in which goods, wares, merchandise and ar- 
ticles of general and special utility are manufactured. 


21. FIRST STORY. That story, the floor of which is at or 
first above the level of the sidewalk or adjoining ground; the other 
stories to be numbered in regular succession, counting upward. 


22. FRAME BUILDING. A building or structure, the ex- 
terior walls of which are constructed of wood. 


23. FOUNDATION. That portion of wall below level of 
street curb, and where the wall is not on a street, that portion of 
wall below the level of the highest ground next to the wall. 


24. GROUND FLOOR. A story at or near the level of the 
grade when used for public purposes; the other stories beginning 
with second for the first next above shall be designated by succes- 
sive floor numbers, counting upward. 


25. HEIGHT OF A BUILDING. The height of a building is 
measured on.the center line of its principal front from the estab- 
lished or natural grade at the building line to the highest point in 
the coping of flat roofs or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to 
the center height of a hipped roof. If the grade of the lot or ad- 
joining street in the rear or along the side of the building falls 
below the grade of the front, the height shall be taken in the cen- 
ter of said showing the greatest fall. If the total fall on any side 
exceeds ten (10) feet in the length of the building, the height shall 
be measured at the lowermost corner, and when the height of a 


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building is limited it shall be terraced or stepped off at every ten 
(10) feet change of grade. 


26. HEIGHT OF WALL. The height of a wall is measured 
from its base line either at the grade or at the top of a girder to 
top of the coping or the center of the highest gable; foundation 
and retaining walls are measured from the grade downward. 


27. HEIGHT OF A STORY. The perpendicular distance 
from top to top of two (2) successive tiers of floor beams or joists, 
or “top of floor to top of floor.” The clear height of a story or a 
room is the distance from the floor to the ceiling. The height of a 
topmost story shall be measured from the level of its floor up to 
the upper side of the ceiling joist or “collar” beams forming a tie 
to the roof, or up to the vertical height of the rafters when the 
roof has no such tie. 


28. HOTEL. A hotel shall be taken to mean and include 
every building, or part thereof, intended, designed, or used for sup- 
plying food and shelter to residents or guests, for compensation, 
and having a public dining room, cafe, or office, or either, and 
usually maintaining a register of guests, and of a more public char- 
acter than an apartment house or tenement. 


29. INCOMBUSTIBLE ROOF. On buildings and sheds a 
roof covered with tin, iron or incombustible material, not subject 
to ignition or combustion from sparks of fire on the surface of the 
roof, shall be considered a non-combustible or incombustible roof. 


30. INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL. Inflammable material 
consists of dry goods, clothing, millinery, and the like in stores, - 
flyings or goods in factories, or other substances readily ignited. 


31. LODGING HOUSES. A lodging house shall be taken to 
mean and include every building intended, designed for, or used for 
providing and letting lodgings, but in connection with which no 
public dining-room or cafe is maintained. 


32. LOADS ON BUILDINGS... (a) Dead Load—Shall con- 
sist of all actual weight of walls, floors, roofs, partitions, and all 
permanent construction. | 


(b) Live Load—Shall consist of all imposed, fixed or transient 
loads, other than dead loads. 


33. MANSARD ROOF. A mansard roof is one formed with 
and upper and under set of rafters and the upper set more inclined 
to the horizon than the lower set. 


34. MEASUREMENT OF BUILDINGS. For the purpose of 
this Ordinance, the greatest linear dimensions of any building in 
its depth shall be considered its length, and the next greatest linear 
dimensions its width. 


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35. OFFICE BUILDING. An office building shall be taken 
to mean and include every building which shall be divided into 
rooms above the first floor, intended or used for business pur- 
poses. 


36. ORIEL WINDOW. A projection for a window above the 
first floor. 


37. PARKING. Parking is the space between the sidewalk 
and the building line. 


38. REPAIRS. The re-construction or renewal of any part 
of a building or of its fixtures or appurtenances, and not made for 
the purpose of converting the building in whole to a new one. 


39. SHED. A rough or unfinished structure for storage, or 
an open structure for temporary shelter. 


40. SHOW WINDOW. A store window in which goods are 
displayed for sale or advertisement. 


41. SKELETON CONSTRUCTION. The term “Skeleton 
Construction” shall apply to all buildings wherein the external and 
internal loads are transmitted from the top of the building to the 
foundation by a skeleton or frame work of structural metal or re- 
inforced concrete. 


42. STORY OF A BUILDING. A division in a building com- 
_ prising the space between two successive tiers of joists. 


43. STREET. All streets, avenues and public alleys. 


44. TENEMENT. A building which, or any portion of which, 
is to be occupied, or is occupied, as a dwelling by more than three 
.families living independently of one another, and doing their cook- 
ing upon the premises. 


45. THEATRE. A building or portion of a building in which 
it is designed to make a business of the presentation of dramatic, 
operatic or other performances or shows for the entertainment of 
spectators, and having a permanent stage for said performances 
which can be used for scenery and other stage appliances. 


46. TON. A ton is a weight of 2,000 pounds. 


47, VENEERED BUILDING. Frame structure, the walls 
covered above the sill by a thin wall of brick, stone or concrete 
instead of wood covering. 


48. WALLS. Apron Wall—That portion of an enclosing wall 
between the door and window sills of a story and the door and 
window heads or lintels of the next story below. 

Bearing Wall—The wall on which either or both the floor and 
roof construction rest. 

Cross Wall—Term which may be used synonymously with Par- 


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tition or Return wall. 


Curtain Wall—The enclosing wall of an iron or steel skeleton 
frame of the non-bearing portion of an enclosing wall between 
piers. 

Division Wall—The Bearing wall running from front to rear 
subdividing a building into several parts. 

Dead Wall—A wall without openings. 


External Wall—Any outer wall or vertical enclosure of a build- 
ing other than a Party wall. 


Fire Wall—The coping or parapet walls above the roof. Also 
any division or partition wall dividing spaces into limited areas for 
fire protection purposes. 


Foundation Wall—That portion of an enclosing wall below the 
first tier of floor joists or beams nearest and above the grade line, 
and that portion of any interior wall or pier below the basement 
or cellar floor. 


Length of Wall—The length of a wall is the distance between 
the centers of adjoining front, rear, cross or return walls, irrespec- 
tive of any intermediate stud or light combustible or non-return 
brick partitions. 

Partition Wall—Any wall running at an angle to and bounded 
with the bearing walls sub-dividing the interior of a building into 
compartments; when constructed of other materials than masonry. 


Party Wall—‘Party Wall’ means a wall that separates two 
(2) or more buildings, and is used, or is to be used, jointly by said 
separate buildings. 

Retaining Wall—A sub-surface wall built to resist the lateral 
pressure of the adjoining earth and to prevent its caving in. Also, 
any enclosing wall built to resist the lateral pressure of internal 
loads and to prevent its caving out. 

Return Wall—A term which may be used synonymously with 
cross, partition or external wall running at a right angle with any 
wall. No wall sub-dividing any building shall be deemed a return 
wall, as before mentioned, unless it is two-thirds (2-3) the height 
of the external or party wall. 

Thickness of Wall—The minimum thickness as given in this 
Code, measured on the bed. 

49. WAREHOUSES. Buildings used for storage or business 
where large stocks of goods are carried. 


SECTION 34—MATERIALS. 


1. QUALITY OF MATERIAL—BRICK AND STONE: 
Brick used in all buildings shall be good, hard, well-burned, solid or 
hollow brick, and all stone shall be clean and sound. When old 
brick or stone are used, they shall be thoroughly cleaned before 


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being used. All brick shall be of a quality that will stand all ordin- 
ary handling without making more than 5% of bats. 


2. SAND. The sand used for mortar in all buildings shall 
be clean, sharp, grit sand, free from loam or dirt. 


3. LIME MORTAR. Lime mortar shall be made of one 
part of slaked lime and not more than four parts of sand. All lime 
used for mortar shall be thoroughly burned, of good quality, and 
properly slaked before it is mixed with the sand. 


4. CEMENT MORTAR. Cement mortar shall be made of 
cement and sand in the proportions of one part of cement and not 
more than four parts of sand, and shall be used immediately after 
being mixed. The cement and sand are to be measured and thor- 
oughly mixed before adding water. 


5. CEMENT. All cements, Portland or natural, shall meet 
the requirements of the American Society for Testing Materials. 


6. QUALITY OF LUMBER. All timbers and wood beams 
in any building shall be of good sound material, free from rot, large 
or loose knots, shakes or imperfections, whereby the strength may 
be impaired, and of such size and dimensions as are required by the 
purposes for which the building is intended. 


7. SIRUCTURAL METAL. The quality of all structural 
metal of the various kinds used in structural work, and the method 
of fabricating the same, shall be in accord with the Standard 
Specifications of the Association of American Steel Manufacturers. 


SECTION 35—STRENGTH. 


1. TEST OF MATERIAL. Structural materials and soils, 
of whatever nature, shall be submitted to such tests to determine 
their character and quality as the Building Inspector shall direct. 
The tests shall be made under the supervision of said Inspector, 
or the architect or owner may file with him a certified copy of the 
results of such test, as he may have prescribed, which have been 

made. 


Zee oAHH LOADS: HORsMASONRY.. WORK... The . safe 
bearing load to apply to good brick work shall be taken at ‘eight 
tons per square foot when lime mortar is used; eleven and one-half 
tons per square foot when lime and cement mortar mixed is used. 
The safe bearing load to apply to rubble stone work shall be taken 
at twelve tons per square foot when Portland cement is used; 
when cement other than Portland cement is used, nine tons per 
square foot; when lime and cement mortar mixed is used, eight 
tons per square foot; and when lime mortar is used, six tons per 
square foot. The safe bearing load to apply to plain concrete when 
Portland cement is used shall be taken at fifteen tons per square 


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foot; when cement other than Portland is used, five tons per square 
foot. 

3. WIND PRESSURE. All structures exposed to wind 
shall be designed to resist a horizontal wind pressure of thirty 
pounds for every square foot of surface thus exposed, frdm the 
ground to the top of the same, including roof, in any direction. 
In no case shall the over-turning moment due to wind pressure 
exceed seventy-five per cent of the moment of stability of the 
structure. In all structures exposed to wind, if the resisting 
moments of the ordinary materials of construction, such as mason- 
ry partitions, floors and connections are not sufficient to resist the 
moment of distortion due to wind pressure taken in any direction 
on any part of the structure, additional bracing shall be introduced 
sufficient to make up the difference in the moments. In calcula- 
tions for wind bracing, the working stesses may be increased by 
fifty per cent. In buildings under one hundred feet in height, pro- 
vided the height does not exceed four times the average width of 
base, the wind pressure may be disregarded. 


4. GAS OR STEAM PIPE COLUMNS. It shall be unlaw- 
ful to use for columns standard gas or steam pipe of a greater 
length than fourteeen (14) feet or a less external diameter than 
four (4) inches and in no case.shall standard gas or steam pipe be 
used to support brick walls, except to support the fronts of one- 
story brick buildings. In all cases where standard gas or steam 
pipe columns are used, the ends of columns shall be turned and 
shall have iron or steel plates for bearing at top and bottom. 


SECTION 36—LOADS AND FLOORS. 


1. FLOOR LOADS—TEMPORARY SUPPORTS. The dead 
Joads in all buildings shall consist of the actual weight of walls, 
floors, roofs, partitions and all permanent construction. ‘The live 
or variable loads shall consist of all loads other than dead loads. 
Every floor shall be of sufficient strength to bear safely the 
weights to be imposed thereon in addition to the weight of the 
materials of which the floor 1s composed; if to be used as a dwell- 
ing house, tenement house, apartment house, hospital, or lodging 
house, each floor shall be of sufficient strength in all its parts to 
bear safely upon every square foot of its surface not less than 
forty pounds; if to be used for office purposes, not less than sey- 
enty-five pounds upon every square foot above the first floor, and 
for the latter floor one hundred and fifty pounds; if it is to be 
used as a school or as a place of instruction, not less than fifty 
pounds upon every square foot in all class-roams, one hundred 
pounds in assembly rooms with fixed seats, one hundred and 
twenty-five pounds in other assembly rooms, and one hundred and 
fifty pounds in all corridors and stairs; if to be used as a place for 
public assemblages not less than one hundred and twenty-five 
pounds upon every square foot; if to be’used for ordinary stores, 


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light manufacturing and light storage, not less than one hundred 
pounds upon every square foot ; if to be used as a store where heavy 
materials are kept or stored, warehouse, factory or other manu- 
facturing or commercial purpose, not less than two hundred pounds 
upon every square foot. The strength of factory floors, intended 
to carry running machinery, shall be increased above the minimum 
given in this section in proportion to the degree of motion liable 
to be transmitted to the floor, as may be required by the Building 
Inspector. The roofs of all buildings shall be proportioned to bear 
safely thirty pounds upon every square foot, measured horizontal- 
ly, in addition to the weight of the materials composing the same. 
For sidewalks over areas, the live loads shall be taken to be three 
hundred pounds upon every square foot, measured on a horizontal 
plane. Vertical supports shall be of sufficient strength to bear 
safely the weight of each and every floor depending upon it for 
support in addition to the weight required, as before stated, to be 
supported safely upon said portion of said floors. 


geo LE RUCTURAL VOADS In’ all cases provisions shall-be 
made for carrying the full superimposed dead load. Beams shall 
be proportioned to carry full live and dead load. Beams, girders 
and columns shall be proportioned to carry full live and dead load 
of roof or other loads which are or may be constant. Excepting 
as subsequently mentioned and as above indicated, girders may be 
proportioned to carry 85 per cent of the superimposed live load and 
all of the dead load. Columns not carrying floor loads or con- 
stant loads may have their actual superimposed live loads reduced ° 
to 5 per cent! for each succeeding lower floor until 50 per cent of 
the live load fixed by the above section shall have been reached, 
when such reduced loads shall be used for all remaining floors, 
proper provisions shall be made for eccentric loading. Structural 
members carrying elevators and elevator machinery shall be pro- 
portioned to carry twice the actual moving dead and live loads. In 
warehouses, factories, school buildings, auditoriums or theatres, 
the girders and colwmns shall be proportioned to carry the full 
live and dead loads. In any structure where it should appear that 
the live loads may at any time be constant on the floor or through- 
out the height of the structure, or throughout any bay thereof, such 
live loads shall be treated as constant loads and no reduction shall 
be made therein for any superimposed load. 


See Onion PoOOk Se OBE =DISTRIBULED ©The 
weight placed on any floor of any building shall be safely distribut- 
ed thereon. The Building Inspector shall require the owner or 
occupant of any building, or any portion thereof, to re-distribute 
the load on any floor, or to lighten such load, where he deems it 
necessary. 


Peo lL RUNG MH OF EXISTING FLOORS TO BE’ CALCU- 


LATED. Before any building hereafter erected is occupied, and 
used in whole or in part as a warehouse, storehouse, factory, work- 


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shop, or store, where heavy materials are to be kept, or stored, or 
machinery introduced, and before any building erected prior to the 
passage of this Ordinance, but not at such time occupied for any 
of the aforesaid purposes, is occupied or used in whole or in part 
for any of said purposes, the weight that each floor will safely sus- 
tain upon each square foot thereof shall be ascertained and posted, 
by the owner, in a conspicuous place in each story or varying part 
of each story of the building to which it relates. No person shall 
place, or cause to, or permit to be placed on any floor of any build- 
ing, any greater load than the safe load posted as aforesaid. 


* 5. FLOORS IN CONSTRUCTION. It shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation engaged in the erection of any 
building three stories or more in height to begin on the work of 
erecting the third story or any story above said third story until 
aj floor or protection has been put down on the second story; and 
a floor or protection shall likewise be put down for the third story 
before the fourth is commenced, and so on successively. A floor or 
protection shall be put down on the last story erected before be- 
ginning work on the walls or materials for the next story above. 
Said floor or floors shall be made of material fitting together sui- 
ficiently close to prevent persons, materials or substances of any 
kind falling from above from.going through the same; and such 
floor or floors shall be sufficiently secure to prevent their tipping 
up or giving way under a person or persons walking over the same. 


| 6. STRENGTH “OF” TEMPORARY SUPPOR Pomieyvcas, 

temporary support placed under any structure wall, girder or 
beam, during the erection, finishing, alteration or repairing of any 
building or structure, or any part thereof, shall be built of suffi- 
cient strength to safely carry 25 per cent greater weight than the 
largest load contemplated to be placed thereon. 


SECTION 37—SIDEWALKS. 


1. PERMITS AND AREAS. In all cases where areas are 
to be constructed under sidewalk or openings in sidewalks are to 
be made, a permit shall first be obtained from the Building Inspec- 
tor. Such permit shall be issued only after the Mayor and City 
Council have taken favorable action upon a written petition to 
them presented, setting forth the intended dimensions of the struc- 
ture and the details of the construction proposed to be used. 


2. STAIRWAY AREAS. No stairway or open area shall ex- 
tend into a sidewalk more than four feet on streets having walks 
twenty feet wide, or more than three feet on streets having walks 
less than twenty feet and more than fifteen in width. Provided, 
that no area or stairway shall project into the sidewalk upon street 
having a sidewalk of less width than fifteen feet. 


Provided, further, that all such stairways or open areas shall 


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be properly protected by smooth iron or brass railings. 
3. STAIRWAYS AT STREET CORNERS. Stairways ex- 


tending into the sidewalk at street corners must be rounded off 
so that they shall have a radius not exceeding the distance that 
said stairways project into the sidewalk, measured at right angles 
to the front or side of the building. 


4. USE OF SPACE UNDER SIDEWALK. Any person de- 
sirous of utilizing the space under the sidewalk in front of any 
building owned by him, shall construct a sufficient stone, brick or 
concrete wall, not less than two (2) feet thick, or the equivalent, 
to retain the roadway of the street, and shall extend the sides, di- 
vision or party walls of such building under the sidewalk to such 
curb wall. | 


9. STRENGTH OF SIDEWALKS. The sidewalk in all cases 
shall be built entirely of incombustible materials supported by 
walls or beams, and shall be of sufficient strength to support a 
safe live load of at least three hundred pounds per square foot. 


6. OPENINGS IN SIDEWALKS. Openings in sidewalks for 
any purpose shall be covered with prismatic lights in iron frames, 
or iron covers or doors having a rough surface and set in iron 
frames rabbetted flush with the sidewalks. Hinges for such doors 
must be flush with sidewalk, and means must be provided for lock- 
ing such doors or covers in place. 


7. OUTSIDE STAIRWAYS FROM SIDEWALK. No per- 
gon or persons shall construct or maintain an outside stairway 
leading from the sidewalk or street to any story of any building 
above the floor of the first story. 


8. TEMPORARY SIDEWALKS. Whenever any new build- 
ing is to be erected or any building is to be remodelled within the 
Fire Limits, whereby risk may be incurred to any person or per- 
sons passing the same, a temporary sidewalk or passageway not 
less than four feet wide shall be provided on the order of the 
Building Inspector, and shall be covered with substantial roof at 
least ten feet above such sidewalk. Whenever a permit is granted 
in the Fire Limits for excavation under the sidewalk or for the 
use of the sidewalk or sidewalks and a portion of the street for 
the storage of building materials, a substantial témporary sidewalk 
at least four feet wide shall be provided around such excavation or 
obstructions. All such sidewalks and coverings shall be maintained 
in good repair. 


9. EAVES DRIPPING ON SIDEWALK. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for the owner or occupant of any building to cause the pipe con- 
ducting water from the eaves of such building to be so constructed 
as to spread water over the adjoining sidewalk, or to construct 
such eaves so that water will drip off them on to the sidewalk. © 


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SECTION 38—STREETS. 


1. EXCAVATION UNDER STREETS. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to excavate in or under any street, alley, or public 
place of this City, for the purpose of constructing a vault, or other 
underground structure, without first obtaining a formal permit so 
to do. Such permit shall be issued by the Building Inspector only 
after the Mayor and City Council have taken favorable action upon 
a written petition to them presented, setting forth the intended 
dimensions ofi the structure, where the same is to be located, the 
time which will be required for its completion and the purpose for 
which it is to be used. 


2. REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS AFTER (Waa 
DONE. It shall be unlawful for any person who may have pros- 
ecuted any work, or caused or directed any work to be done, by 
which building materials or any kind of litter shall have been 
placed in or upon any street, alley, or sidewalk of this City, to ne- 
glect to ramove any such obstruction to free use of aforesaid 
thoroughfare, within three days after the completion of the par- 
ticular work which gave rise to such deposit. 


3. RED LIGHTS. Any person having the use of any portion 
of the street or sidewalk, for the purpose of erecting or repairing 
any building, or for any other purpose, shall cause red lights to be 
placed in a conspicuous place in front of such obstruction, from 
dark until sunrise, each night during the time such obstruction 
remains, in such numbers as may be necessary. 


4. GUTTERWAYS. The gutter or waterway of any street, 
avenue or alley shall not at any time be obstructed by any build- 
ing materials or by any earth, sand or gravel, but such gutter or 
waterways must at all times be kept clear to allow the free passage 
of water in and along the same. 


5. CURB OR PAVING—HOW TO REMOVE. When in 
the construction, alteration, repair or removal of a building within 
the City of Muskogee, it shall be necessary to remove any of the 
paving or curb in the street in front of such building or in the alley 
adjacent thereto, either for the purpose of making excavation, for 
setting derrick posts, or for any other purpose, the Building Inspec- 
tor shall not issue a permit for said proposed work until the appli- 
cant presents to the Building Inspector a permit from the Plumb- 
ing Inspector for removing said paving or curb. 


6. BUILDING MATERIAL. No building material, debris, 
dirt from excavations, machinery, apparatus, sheds or other ob- 
structions shall be allowed to remain on any street, alley or public 
highway except by special permit of the Building Inspector. Such 
permit shall limit the time of occupancy and shall not grant the 
use of more than one-third the width of any street nor the placing 
of any obstructions in a manner to prevent the safe passage of 


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teams between them and any moving street cars. All material 
placed under such a permit shall be packed, corded or piled so as 
to occupy a minimum of space, and shall not be placed within 
three (3) feet of any fire hydrant nor in such manner as to pre- 
vent free access to the same. 


feeee RMIT TO” USE STREET FOR =PRIVATE. PUR- 
POSES. Any person who has been or shall be granted permis- 
sion to occupy any portion of any street, alley, sidewalk or public 
place of this City, for his own private use, convenience, or advan- 
tage, shall accept such use and occupancy with the understanding 
that the possession so bestowed shall not be “adverse” but as ten- 
ant of the City. 


SECTION 39—EXCAVATIONS. 


1. EXCAVATIONS. All excavations for buildings shall be 
properly guarded and protected by the person or persons causing 
the same to be made, so as to prevent the same from becoming 
dangerous to life or limb, and shall be sheet-piled where necessary, 
or by some other method approved by the Building Inspector, to 
prevent the adjoining soil from caving. 


2. AGENT OR OWNER TO BE NOTIFIED. Whenever 
there shall be any excavation hereafter commenced near a build- 
ing or buildings or adjoining premises, the person or persons mak- 
ing such excavations shall notify the owner or agent in writing at 
least thirty days before commencing such excavations. Any per- 
son who shall excavate to a greater depth than ten feet below the 
sidewalk grade in front of his premises, shall, at his own cost and 
charge, save and protect the adjoining property from injury or 
damage resulting from such excavations. In case the excavation 
is ten feet or less below the sidewalk grade, the owner or owners 
of adjoining property shall protect the same. Permission to enter 
adjoining property in order that such work may be done, must be 
granted adjoining property-owners, provided he shall be indemni- 
tied for any injury done to said property. 


3. DEPTH OF EXCAVATIONS. All excavations for walls, 
piers and columns of brick buildings shall extend to a depth of 
not less than two (2) feet and for frame dwellings not less than 
eight (8) inches, below any adjoining surface exposed to frost, or 
to a good solid bottom of such character as to provide safe support 
to loads intended to rest thereon. 


4. FOUNDATIONS. Under no circumstances shall the foun- 
dation of any brick building be built upon, filled or made of earth. 
Foundations shall be proportioned to the actual loads they will have 
to carry in the completed and occupied building. All buildings 
shall have foundations of brick, stone, iron, steel or concrete. 
Where metal is incorporated in, or forms part or the whole of a 


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foundation, it shall be thoroughly protected from rust by paint, 
concrete or other approved method of protection. 


5. FOOTINGS. All basement and foundation walls shall 
have footings proportioned to the sustaining value of the soil, and 
the loads to be imposed thereon. 


6. AREA OF BUILDINGS. The single floor area of no 
building within the fire limits shall exceed the following table un- 
less provided with proper fire walls to keep the area of such floor 
within this limit. 


ie. 


NON-FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. 


Any occupancy, height limited to 55 feet. 
Area, without Automatic Sprinkler Protection. 


Fronting on’ /one street only.a 1 eee 5,000 
Fronting on two streets, that is, extending 
through drom streetwio street. 2. ee 6,000 
Corner building, fronting on two streets........ 6,000 
Fronting on three streets..-y...2. eee eee 7,500 


NON-FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. 


8. 


Any occupancy, height limited to 55 feet. 

Area, with Automatic Sprinkler Protection 
(being an increase of 50 per cent over the 
unsprinklered area). 


One street dromt. 4c cio) ee 7508 
Two street ironts:.2.20h. 5 aes 9,000 
Corner building, two street fronts.................... 9,000 
Three. street: lronts:33. a ee 11,250 


FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. 

Occupancy, stores, warehouses and factories. 
Height when not exceeding 55 feet. 

Area, without Automatic Sprinkler Protection. 


Fronting on, one; street only. = eee 10,000 
Fronting on two streets, that is, extending 
through irom street {oustrecta... ae 12,000 
Corner building, fronting on two streets.......... 12,000 
Fronting 1on three-streétsi) ao. ee 15,000 


FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 


Occupancy, stores, warehouses and factories. 

Height when not exceeding 55 feet. 

Area, with Automatic Sprinkler Protection 
(being an increase of 33 1-3 per cent over 
the unsprinklered area). 


One: ‘stréet- /front oe ee a ree ee 13;334 
Two -stréetfrontsiie ne 16,000 
Corner building, two street fronts.....2..2:2...... 16,000 


Three: street’ fronteaica. 42% ci eee 20,000 


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FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 
Occupancy, stores, warehouses and factories. 
Height limited to 100 feet. 
Area, without Automatic Sprinkler Protec- 
tion, same as for non-fireproof construction. 


Bronting.om onestreet® only. 20,00 25 es 5,000 sq.ft. 
Fronting on two streets, that is, extending 

ehiouclm iron street tOwstreet. 1.0) eae! 6,000 sq. ft. 
Corner building, fronting on two streets........ 6,000 sq. ft. 
Prone, or threerstrectsui nh 7,900 sq. ft. 


FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 
Occupancy, stores, warehouses and factories. 
Height limited to 100 feet. 
Area, with Automatic Sprinkler Protection 
(being an increase of 33 1-3 per cent over 
the unsprinklered area). 


Gerstrectyirontin sol aii ey ae er eo. 6,666 sq. ft. 
iwomstieét trOntsmectias ee seas 5. Wi 02.3 8,000 sq. ft. 
Corner building, two street fronts................... 8,000 sq. ft. 
PESO GHSiT CCWal Olt sy goiee eel R ee, TO Xbn oy 10,000 sq. ft. 


FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 

Occupancy, other than stores, warehouses 
and factories. 

Height limited to 125 feet. 

Area, without Automatic Sprinkler Protec- 
tion, same as for fireproof construction 
limited to 55 feet and with Automatic 
Sprinkler Protection. 


Brronuneounonerctrect Onl yi4 012.2... el TOS Ons agi 
Fronting on two streets, that is, extending 
i Maroup nbrommatieet. to. street... 16,000 sq. ft. 
Corner building, fronting on two streets........ 16,000 sq. ft. 
POGUE ECOG H St LCS. oe os oes ee 20,000. Sq itt. 


FIRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 
Occupancy, other than stores, warehouses 
and factories. 
Height limited to 125 feet. 
Area, with Automatic Sprinkler Protection 
(being an increase of 50 per cent over the 
unsprinklered area). ) 


COPPYS oo Se EES Wigan (Be I, a Sie ne oe 20,000 sq. ft. 
My Ome Ue te TOUtSNe tem fie. 2! Onn. 2s: sae tectiee 24,000 sq. ft. 
Gomer biildinee two: street fronts220. 2. 24,000 sq. ft. 
Weiireees recy 1POnts 6 erties eer eee... oe See. 30,000 sq. ft. 


SECTION 40—WALLS AND PIERS. 


1. WALLS AND PIERS. The same kind or quality of 
materials may be used in piers or buttresses as in walls of the 
thickness specified in this Ordinance. Bearing walls shall be taken 


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to mean those walls on which the beams, girders or trusses rest. 
The walls and piers of all buildings shall be properly and solidly 
bonded together with the joints filled with mortar. They shall be 
built to a line, and shall be carried up plumb and straight. ' The 
walls of each story shall be built up the full thickness to the top of 
the beams above. All brick, except non-absorbent, laid in non- 
freezing weather shall be first well wetted. All isolated piers shall 
be built of stone, concrete, or good hard, well burned brick laid in 
cement mortar. In case piers are faced with pressed brick, they 
must be so placed as to have proper bearing of mortar under each 
brick. 

2. BRICK PIERS. Brick piers shall be built of good, hard, 
well burned brick of uniform size laid in cement or dime mortar, 
with uniform joints throughout facing and backing, and of suffi- 
cient size to carry safely the superimposed loads. Each course of 
brick shall be laid over the whole surface of the pier and each 
brick shall be thoroughly surrounded by mortar and all properly 
bonded. The top of each pier, when finished, shall be level for the 
capstone, plate or other covering. Proper bearings proportioned 
to the weight to be sustained and: of the full size of piers shall be 
set under all columns or girders bearing on such piers. Isolated 
piers shall not exceed in height, ten times their least dimension. 
In case of an external brick pier, the plate may be reduced suff- 
ciently in size to allow four (4) inches of brick work to intervene 
between the edge of the plate and the exposed face of the pier, 
provided that the part of the pier over which the plate extends shall 
be equal to the duty imposed thereon. 


3. WALLS FOR BUSINESS BUILDINGS. The expression 
“business buildings’, shall be taken to mean and include hotels, 
lodging houses, office buildings, warehouses, factory buildings, and 
public buildings. Walls for business buildings, if of brick and not 
exceeding 125 feet in height, shall be of the following thicknesses ; 
For every 25 feet or fractional part thereof the wall shall be in- 
creased 4 inches in thickness. 


Outside Party Basement Story 

and Division SUEEEEEEEEEEEEESEEEEIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeE 
Walls. Rubble Brick 1 2 38 4.5 6 “7 S00 
1 Story 18 Parks 

2 Story 20 lif Feet oad S 

3 Story 20 Ira ilo 

4 Story 24 2 wel (el | oP) comets 

5 Story 28 20 Hol Wis beusels 

6 Story 28 Zo Pale A lel ieee ren 

7 Story 30 25) Seed 23 21a Sey ee 

8 Story oo yh ung tS A ral eA USE SEN ol bs 

9 Story 35 PAS As ya pA a eA NEE de 1S 

10 Story a0 29), 325925) 256215 219210 Ae 

11 Story 40 30° 29°25 25°25 (21 215211 7a 


12 Story AQ 33° 29 29°25 25 25 21:21 2) 17 


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4. BUSINESS BUILDINGS WITH DWELLING APART- 
MENTS. Building having the first story, or basement, or both, 
designed for business purposes, and the upper stories for dwellings, 
shall have walls, if of brick, of the following thicknesses: 


Brick Walls in Basement Story 

Business and —- 

Gaeeoeees  nubble brick” le .2., 35), 47>. 16.77 78. 9°10 EL 12 
18 ies E 


2 Story igi 

3 Story 20 (eel ogloels 

4 Story 24 Clee enlom lout 

5 Story 24 Ziel Gera lot} 

6 Story 24 VALS CFA EG) Efendi 4 Ro} iss 

7 Story 30 Zoe ele elie lowtoele 

8 Story 30 ZOCOR aE Cle Li (lo plo ale 

9 Story 30 PASy pe Ag, DA AL ALIN! MEG Bia ted bag a BS: 

10 Story 36 PR VES OL PA he TAA TAL, iS Ae DE 

11 Story 36 PURE Zon ecoae lear h(el (el (a loco le 
12 Story 40 Sompeco coe onze 2 ah Viel Below 


The above table shall apply to all walls of sixty (60) feet and 
under in length; walls exceeding sixty feet in length shall not have 
more than two upper stories twelve (12) inches thick, unless 
strengthened by brick cross walls of pilasters. 


MN lo eR. OOWEREULINGS APARTMENTS AND 
FLATS. Dwellings, apartments and flat buildings shall have walls 
if of brick or cement block, of the following thicknesses: 


Brick Walls for Dwell- Basement Story 
ings and Apartments and 
Flat Buildings. RabpblessBricky 1), 62) +80) 945 1752-216 
1 Story 18 13 9 
2 Story 18 Ly, a) nas, 
3 Story 18 ge LS aa 
4 Story 20 i LO MNS Teas aS) 
5 Story 20 21 lifeeel Tels S39 
6 Story 25 el 21 Te Via SA SES 9 


The above table shall apply to all walls sixty (60) feet 
and under in length; and when over sixty (60) feet in length such 
walls shall not have more than two upper stories thirteen (13) 
inches thick, unless strengthened by brick cross walls or pilasters. 


6. THICKNESS OF DIVISIONS WALLS. The thickness of 
all brick division walls in dwellings, apartment and flat buildings 
shall be as shown in the following table: 


Basement TAT 28a Stok iG 
2 Stony 7 1313 
2 Story": 
3 SiBry Le Lon) Lsens 
4 Story ZAR Vi Ap lseet os 
5 Story HAA Vee Vines s 13 95k3 


6 Story 21 Ln OGuG Glas tsenle 


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7. TEMPORARY BUILDINGS. Provided that temporary 
buildings may be erected of brick or concrete, one story in height 
and not exceeding eleven feet with nine (9) inch walls, provided 
that said walls are reinforced by the construction of thirteen (13) 
inch piers, not to exceed twenty (20) feet apart in said walls. 


8, LIGHT COURTS OR AREAS. The walls) Gimaumaene 
courts or areas, in buildings within the fire limits, beginning 
above the first floor must be carried by steel beams resting on 
outside walls or on incombustible piers for that purpose. All such 
walls shall be of incombustible material either brick, stone, con- 
crete or other fireproof material. Steel studding with metal lath 
will be permissible. 


9. PARTITION IN ‘TWO-STORY DWELUINGSSieas 
APARTMENTS. Partitions of brick or Portland cement concrete 
not less than nine inches in thickness may be used above first 
floor where stud partitions in buildings are allowable under this 
Ordinance. Where such partitions exceed one story in height, 
thirteen inch foundation walls shall be provided. Hollow tile par- 
titions may be used under similar conditions if constructed and 
proportioned as elsewhere indicated in this Ordinance. No hollow 
tile partition less than nine inches in thickness shall be used as a © 
bearing wall. Such partitions if more than one story high, shall 
be provided with thirteen inch foundation. Hollow tile partitions 
less than nine inches in thickness may be provided with nine inch 
foundation walls in basement, providing said basement is not more 
than ten feet in the clear. In case of dwellings or apartments 
more than two stories in height nine inch walls of concrete or brick 
may be used in lieu of stud partitions specified in this Ordinance. 
In no case, however, shall nine inch walls be more than two stories 
in height without sub-walls proportioned as elsewhere indicated 
in this ordinance. 


10. FOUNDATIONS FOR FRAME DWELLINGS. Frame 
dwellings not over two stories high may have outside foundation 
walls of brick or concrete nine inches in thickness where floor level 
of basement or cellar is not more than five and one-half feet below 
the established grade, if provided with proper lateral supports. 
In case of veneered frame houses, the foundation of Portland ce- 
ment, concrete or brick shall be four inches thicker than the above. 
In event of depth of basement floor being more than five and one- 
half feet below the established grade or in event of basement or 
cellar being more than ten feet in depth, outside foundation walls 
shall be four inches thicker than the above, and shall be provided 
with proper lateral supports. Rubble foundations not less than 
sixteen inches in thickness may be used for any part of frame 
house foundations. Inside walls of brick or concrete may be nine 
inches in thickness, if not over ten feet in height. No wall under 
any part of a frame dwelling shall be less in thickness than above. 
This applies to porches, bay windows and other appurtenances to 


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a dwelling. Proper ventilators shall be provided in foundations, 
one under each outside wall of each room. By lateral supports for 
walls is meant cross walls, buttresses or other supports made of 
concrete, brick or stone. 


11. COMBINATION WALLS. Concrete blocks, concrete, 
hollow brick, hollow hard tile, terra cotta, stone or metal may be 
used in whole or in part of combination for the construction of 
walls. Such material may be used for backing, filling or facing 
when the character of material, design and construction is such as 
to realize the ultimate strength of walls indicated in other tables 
and requirements for various purposes in building. 


12, FRAME AND VENEERED -BUILDINGS. HEIGHT. 
No person or persons shall hereafter construct any wooden frame, 
or brick or stone veneered apartment or flat building more than 
two stories in height. It shall be unlawful to construct any brick 
or stone veneered building, for any purpose, over two and one-half 
stories in height. 


13. APARTMENT AND FLAT BUILDINGS. If the ground 
area of any two-story frame or veneered apartment or flat build- 
ing hereafter constructed exceeds 4,500 superficial feet, then there 
- shall be constructed division walls of brick, stone or other incom- 
bustible material, extending from front to rear and built from 
basement through the roof of such building as a fire wall. Pro- 
vided, that in all buildings covered by this section the street front- 
age shall not exceed fifty-five feet without a division wall con- 
structed from front to rear of such building and constructed of 
such materials as above provided for division walls. All apart- 
ment or flat buildings hereafter constructed or erected within the 
City of Muskogee that are over two stories in height shall have 
the outside walls constructed of brick or other incombustible ma- 
terial, and if more than one flat or apartment in width, shall have 
division walls of brick, stone or other incombustible material, ex- 
tending from front to rear and from basement through roof of 
said building as aforesaid. 


iene wEN DE WAELS HOR, BRICK “BUILD UN GS. 
THICKNESS. All basement walls built of brick shall be laid in 
cement mortar. If solid buttresses, or if iron or steel pillars, not 
over eighteen feet between centers, with sufficient strength to 
carry trusses or girders, are used, then the thickness of walls may 
be reduced four inches, provided, however, that no brick wall shall 
be less than thirteen inches in thickness. The thickness of walls 
specified herein and set forth in the tables for the various build- 
ings are intended to apply to all exterior walls and all interior bear- 
ing walls. . 


15. CURTAIN WALLS, THICKNESS. No curtain wall 
shall be over one story in height without under bearing and not 
less than thirteen inches in thickness, excepting in case of tene- 


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ment or apartment buildings where they may be nine inches in 
thickness. 


16. ADDITIONAL THICKNESS OF WALLS. Where it ap- 
pears that additional strain shall come upon any wall or pier, pro- 
vision shall be made for carrying the same. 


17, PARTY WALL—THREE FEET ABOVE ROOF. When 
a roof comes in contact with a party wall, the walls shall extend un- 
diminished in thickness at least three feet above the roof at all 
points of contact, and there shall be no openings in such wall above 
contact of roof. 


18. RECESSES IN WALLS. Recesses may be made in ex- 
ternal walls, provided the thickness of the backs of such recesses 
be not less than nine inches. 


19. FIRE-PROOF DOORS. Whenever it becomes desirable 
to cut an opening through or leave an opening in, any party or 
division wall, notice shall be filed with the Building Inspector, who 
shall issue a permit therefor when satisfied that such opening will 
be protected by a fire-proof door or doors on each side of the wall; 
such doors shall be sliding doors whenever practicable, and shall 
be constructed in accordance with the standard of the National 
Board of Fire Underwriters. 


20. METAL WINDOW FRAMES AND FIRE-PROOF 
SHUTTERS. Every building within the fire limits, except pri- 
vate dwellings shall have metal window and door frames and sash 
for all openings above the first story except where there is not or 
may not be erected other buildings within thirty feet of such build- 
ing. Such sash to be glazed with wired glass not less than one- 
fourth of an inch in thickness. 


Such opening, however, if preferred, may be provided with 
fire-proof shutters to conform to the requirements of the Building 
Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, Page 139, Edi- 
tion 1909, 


21. HOLLOW WALLS. Hollow walls, not bearing walls, 
‘may be used in all cases, but all hollow walls shall be bonded or 
tied together with incombustible anchors, placed not more than 
three feet apart. If used as bearing walls, the thickness shall be 
reckoned by their solid parts, provided each part is at least nine 
inches thick, and solid connections are made in upright directions 
not less than thirteen inches wide, or not more than fifteen feet 
apart from centers. 


22. HOLLOW BRICK. Hard burned hollow brick may be 
used for the inside course of walls for buildings, when well bonded 
into the solid brick walls, and may be included in the measure- 
ment of the thickness of such walls, provided the walls to be built 
shall be sufficiently strong to properly support the loads they may 
have to sustain. 


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23. EXTERIOR WALLS. Exterior walls faced with stone 
shall have a backing of not less than nine inches of hard brick 
work laid in mortar. But in no case shall the thickness of stone 
and backing taken together be less than the thickness required 
for a brick wall of the height as given in tables. The stone facing 
of such walls shall always be securely tied to the brick backing by 
means of bond stones or metal ties. 


24. STONE CORNICE. HOW LAID. In all cases where 
a wall is finished with a stone cornice, the center of gravity of 
such cornice and wall above it shall fall within the bearing wall. 


Pe OR ICK = WALES HOW, BONDED. “In “all brick wails 
every seventh course of brick shall be a header course, except 
where walls are faced with face-brick, in which case every seventh 
course shall be bonded with Flemish headers, or by cutting the 
course of face-brick and by putting in diagonal headers behind the 
same or by metal ties. All header courses shall be of good, hard, 
perfect brick. 


26. BACKING OF WALLS FACED WITH ASHLER. HOW 
THICK. In all walls which are faced with thin ashler tied to 
the backing or in which the ashler has not alternate headers and 
stretchers in each course, or in alternate courses, the backing of 
brick shall not be less than thirteen inches thick. Each stone of 
such, ashler work shall be properly tied. No ashler less than four 
inches thick shall be included in computing the thickness of a wall. 


27 ee WOODEN GIRDERS OR LINTELS NOT ALLOWED. 
It shall be unlawful to build any external, party, division or parti- 
tion walls, except a frame wall, upon any wooden support what- 
ever. 


28. ANCHORS. End, side and party walls shall be anchored 
at each tier of beams or joists at intervals of not more than ten 
feet with good strong wrought iron anchors at least three-eighths 
by one and one-half inches in section, well built into the walls and 
fastened to the beams; and such anchors shall run within four 
inches of the opposite side of the wall or through the wall; and 
where the beams are supported by girders, the ends of the beams 
resting on the girders shall be butted together end to end and 
properly tied together at the same distance apart and in the same 
beams as the wall-anchors, and shall be well fastened. Joists shall 
be lapped and spiked. 


29. FLOOR BEAMS OR JOISTS. Floor beams or joists 


shall have a bearing of at least four inches at each end. All joists, 
beams or rafters shall have fire-cut ends. 


30. HEADERS HUNG IN STIRRUPS. Every header or 
tail joist more than four feet long, except in dwellings, shall be 
hung in stirrup irons of suitable strength, or shall be properly 
framed into trimmers. 


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31;: ROOF AND ~» FLOOR -TIMBERS P NOT Sloe 
THROUGH WALL. Roof or floor timbers entering the same 
wall from opposite sides shall have at least four inches solid brick 
work between the ends of same, except in foundation walls in 
dwellings. 


32. FLOOR TIMBERS NOT TO ENTER CHIMNEY WALL. 
All floor beams, joists and headers shall be kept at least one inch 
clear of any wall enclosing a fire flue or chimney-breast. 


33. FURRED WALLS OF CHIMNEYS. In all walls or 
chimneys furred with wood, two courses of the brick shall project 
the thickness of the furring beyond the inner face of the wall. 


34. STUD .PARTITIONS NOT TO SUPPORT Gare. 
Stud partitions shall not be employed to support any floor or roof, 
except in dwellings and buildings not over two stories high. 


35. NON-COMBUSTIBLE SUPPORT. No building here- 
after erected to be used as an apartment house, hotel, lodging 
house, office building, hospital, school building, assembly hall of 
any, kind or public building, located in any part of the city shall 
be constructed with floor beams or joists of wood exceeding 
twenty-five feet clear span. Each joist shall have proper bearing 
at each end on brick or other forms of burnt clay, concrete or 
structural metal. In case structural metal is used it shall be prop- 
erly insulated. 


36. STONE AND IRON TEMPLATES. Stone templates of 
proper size or standard iron plates shall be used under the ends 
of iron or steel girders resting on masonry walls. 


37. BRICK AND HOLLOW’ TILE PARTITIONS See 
inch brick and six and four inch hollow tile partitions, of hard 
burnt clay or porous terra cotta shall not be built over twenty-five, 
sixteen and twelve feet high, respectively, nor more than seventy- 
five feet long unless strengthened by proper cross-walls, piers or 
buttresses, or built in iron or steel frame work. All such partitions 
shall be carried on proper incombustible supports. 


38. EXISTING PARTY WALLS. Walls heretofore built or 
used as party walls, whose thickness at the time of their erection 
was in accordance with the requirements of the then existing laws, 
but which are not in accordance with the requirements of this 
Ordinance, may be used if in good condition for the ordinary use 
of party walls, providing the height of the same is not to be in- 
creased. 


39. BONDING OF WALLS. All rubble masonry shall be 
thoroughly bonded with at least three-quarter bond. Ledges will 
be permitted to support, joists or beams, but shall be of sufficient 
strength to carry the load imposed thereon. 


40. LINING EXISTING WALLS. In case it is desired to 


increase the height of existing party walls or independent walls, 


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which are less in thickness than required under this Ordinance, 
the same shall be done by a lining of brick work to form a com- 
bined thickness with the old wall of not less than four inches more 
than the thickness required for a new wall. The said lining shall 
be supported on proper foundations. No lining shall be less than 
eight inches in thickness, and all lining shall be laid up in Portland 
cement mortar and thoroughly anchored to old walls with suitable 
metal ties placed two feet apart and securely fastened or driven 
into walls in staggered rows. Old walls shall be cleaned of plas- 
ter or other coatings before lining. Any lining of a basement wall 
shall be at least twelve inches thick, and shall project four inches 
beyond the lining of the first story. Skeleton construction may 
be used, carried up to full height of proposed building, with col- 
umns and girders supporting each story, resting on sufficient foot- 
ings. 


41. HEIGHT OF STORIES. The height of stories for all 
given thicknesses of walls must not exceed eleven feet in the clear 
for the basement, eighteen feet in the clear for the first story, fif- 
teen feet in the clear for the second story, fourteen feet in the clear, 
average height of all stories above the second story. If any story 
exceed those heights, respectively, the walls of such story, and of 
all the stories below the same, shall be increased four inches in 
thickness additional to the thickness already mentioned. 


42. GROUND DAMPNESS. Im all cases where the soil con- 
tains water, suitable provision shall be made to carry off such water 
by means of drain tiles laid inside or outside of the wall, or both. 
Such drain tiles shall be connected with a catch basin or other suit- 
able device, and thence discharged into a dry well or storm sewer. 


SECTION 41—CHIMNEYS, FURNACES AND 
HEATING PLANTS. 


1. CHIMNEYS. All chimneys shall be built of brick, stone 
or other incombustible material, and whether built inside or out- 
side of buildings, or whether connected with the same or isolated, 
shall have foundations designed and built in conformity with the 
provisions relative to foundation of buildings herein given. Chim- 
neys in all buildings shall have walls at least four inches thick, well 
pointed outside and plastered inside, if of brick, unless terra cotta 
or fire clay flue linings are used, in which case plastering inside 
may be omitted. Large chimneys other than those built of brick 
shall have walls at least eight inches thick, and shall have an addi- 
tional lining of four inches of brick work or a terra cotta or fire 
clay flue lining. Every chimney not forming a part of a wall shall 
rest upon the ground or other sufficient fire-proof foundation. 


All chimneys or smoke flues occurring in masonry walls shall 
have a wall eight inches thick at the back, and when corbeled out, 
shall be supported by at least five courses of brick, but shall not 


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be corbeled out more than two-thirds of the thickness of the wall. 
If supported by piers, the same shall start from the foundation on 
the same face as the chimney above. All chimneys occurring in 
brick walls shall be bonded to the walls at every fifth course from 
the bottom to the top in regular bond. Sheet metal smoke flues 
inclosed in vent flues are prohibited. All chimneys shall be topped 
out at least four feet above the top of the roof at point of contact, 
if a flat roof, and at least eight feet above the eaves if a pitched 
roof. No chimney flue shall be less than sixty-four inches in area 
when used as a smoke flue. All stove pipe holes shall have proper 
thimbles and stoppers. 


All brick smoke flues, stacks or chimneys hereafter erected 
having a sectional area greater than two hundred and sixty square 
inches, but less than five hundred square inches, shall be surrounded 
with walls not less than eight inches thick, and shall comply in all 
respects to the requirements of this Ordinance relative to flues in 
brick walls. Brick flues, chimneys or stacks having a sectional 
area greater than five hundred square inches shall have hollow 
walls in which the combined thickness of the enclosing walls shall 
be at least twelve inches and the air space between the inner 
and outer walls shall not be less than two inches. The opening 
for the smoke pipe and the chimneys for a distance of two feet 
below and at least ten feet above same, shall be lined with fire 
brick laid in fire clay. The tops of all smoke flues, chimneys or 
stacks which may hereafter be erected, exceeding a sectional area 
of one hundred and seventy square inches, shall extend to a height 
of not less than twelve feet above the roof of the building. 


Where there are other buildings within a radius of fifty feet, 
any smoke flue which exceeds five hundred square inches in area 
shall be carried to a height sufficient to protect such buildings 
from smoke and gases, or suitable and approved smoke consuming 
devices may be used to serve the same purposes. All flues in party 
walls shall be kept at least two inches from the party lines of said 
wall; except joint flues, which shall be separated by a four inch 
width of brick work the entire height. Reinforced concrete chim- 
ney stacks may be erected, provided that in design and construc- 
tion they shall equal in strength and safety those specified herein. 


2. DANGEROUS CHIMNEYS AND FLUES. It shall be un- 
lawful to maintain any chimney flue, fireplace, or heating apparatus 
on any premises when, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, 
they are dangerous or unsafe. In all such cases the Building In- 
spector shall at once notify, in writing, the owner, agent or other 
party having an interest in said premises, and shall require him to 
make the same safe; and upon neglect of said person so notified 
to comply with the provisions of such notice for a period of ten 
days after the service thereof, he shall be subject to a fine of not 
less than one dollar, nor more than fifty dollars, and each day’s 
continuance of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. 


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3. HOT WATER AND FURNACE PIPES. In all cases 
where hot water, steam, hot air, or other furnaces are used, the 
smoke pipes shall in all cases be kept at least eight inches from the 
beams or ceilings above them, and the same shall be protected by 
shields of bright tin properly suspended to give ventilation. 


fee URNACE Se TORS OF BRICK): ET's The! tops’ ofall 
furnaces, set in brick, shall be covered with brick or at least two 
inches of concrete, supported by iron bars. 


5. TOP OF PORTABLE FURNACE. The top of every port- 
able furnace not set in brick shall be kept at least one foot below 
the beams of ceiling, with a shield of bright tin made tight and 
suspended below the said beams or ceilings in a manner to admit 
of proper ventilation, and extended one foot beyond the top of the 
furnace on all sides. 


6. WARM AIR PIPES OF TIN. All warm air pipes next to 
wood work for conducting warm air from furnace to radiators 
shall be standard bright tin warm air conductors, double thickness 
with air space between, or single bright tin pipe wrapped with 
asbestos, in pockets lined with black iron and lathed with metal 
lath; horizontal furnace pipes in basement shall be kept at least 
two inches below joist and may be made single. 


7. HOT AIR REGISTERS. All hot air registers from hot 
air furnaces, hereafter placed in the floor of any building, shall be 
set in iron borders not less than two inches in width. There shall 
be an open space of one inch on all sides of the register box, ex- 
tending from ceiling, below the register, to the border in the floor. 
The outside of said space to be covered with a casing of tin plate, 
made tight on all sides, to extend from the upper side of aforesaid 
ceiling up to the under side of said border. 


Peso Phe Sh bP AM AND OTHER: PIPES... Gas, 
-.water, steam or other pipes, which may be introduced into any 
building, shall not be let into the beams unless the same be placed 
within twelve inches of the end of the beam, nor be let into the 
beam more than two inches. 


9. HEARTHS. All hearths for fireplaces shall rest on brick 
or Portland cement concrete trimmer arches not less than four 
inches thick, the header kept at least two feet from the face of 
chimney breast. The backs of all fireplaces shall not be less than 
eight inches thick. All centers shall be taken out under hearths 
before the floor is laid, and no person shall lay any hearth on any 
other than brick or cement arch. The jambs on each side of fire 
place shall not be less than twelve inches wide, and not less than 
sixteen inches thick. Fireplace fronts shall be built up the full 
width of the breast to the bottom of the joists; no wood work to 
be used in constructing the chimney. All chimneys containing 
fireplaces shall be built between floors with full size bases entirely 


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of masonry, no wood work to form any part of the construction. 
Corner chimneys containing fireplaces shall be built on each of 
their three sides of solid masonry. 


10. METALLIC CHIMNEYS. Smoke stacks or chimneys 
built of iron or steel shall be thoroughly anchored or guyed, but 
shall not pass through the floors of a building unless protected by 
fire-proof walls entirely enclosing the stack or chimney. Where 
smoke stacks or chimneys of iron or steel pass through the roofs 
of boiler houses, the roofs shall be protected with a metal jacket. 

Metallic chimneys or smoke pipes shall not be used inside of 
any building in such manner as to pass through the floors or roof 
of same, unless properly protected. 


11. METALLIC SMOKE FLUES. Where metallic smoke 
pipes of a dimension of eight inches or less pass through a wood 
plastered stud partition they shall be surrounded either by a body 
of brick, hollow tile or porous terra cotta, or other incombustible 
substances measuring at least four inches all around such smoke 
pipes, or they shall be surrounded by a sheet metal thimble made 
of two concentric rings at least two inches apart, and the entire 
thimble so constructed that there will be a free circulation of air 
between the two rings forming the same. Six inch smoke pipes 
may have thimbles with one inch air space. 

Metallic smoke pipes of greater diameter than eight inches 
shall be kept at least six inches away from any wood work, and 
the said smoke pipes must be covered with at least two inches of 
asbestos cement applied on wire lath, and any wood work above 
the said smoke pipes must be protected with sheet metal, porous 
terra cotta, hollow tile, plaster or asbestos board. 


12, CHIMNEYS OF CUPOLAS. Iron cupola chimneys of 
foundries shall extend at least ten feet above the highest point of 
any roof within a radius of fifty feet of such cupola. No wood 
work shall be placed within two feet of the cupola. 


13. ISOLATED SMOKE STACKS. Smoke stacks, flues and 
connections other than those above named, may be made or con- — 
structed and shall: be built of metal, brick, concrete or other suit- 
able non-combustible material supported, arranged and connected 
in a manner to conform to the established practice of the best 
engineering authorities. 


14. BOILERS PLACED. No boiler used for steam or motive 
power shall be placed on any floor above the cellar floor unless 
the same is set on non-combustible platform. And all boiler setting 
shall conform to the established practice of the best engineering 
authorities. 


15. STOVES AND RANGES. Where stoves or ranges are 
set upon combustible floors, they shall be so set as to leave suffi- 
cient ain space between them and the floor, and the floor shall be - 


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protected by sheet metal. All brick set or large portable ranges 
shall be set on hearths of brick or cement, the said hearths to 
extend at least twelve inches beyond the face of the range. 

_ 16. ASH BOXES. All receptacles for ashes within the Fire 
Limits shall be of incombustible material. 

17, DRYING ROOMS. All walls, ceilings and partitions, en- 
closing drying rooms, when not made of fireproof material, shall 
be wire lathed and plastered or covered with insulated metal or 
tile or other incombustible material. 


18. BAKE OVENS. Bake ovens shall rest on solid founda- 
tions or metal beams and columns; the sides and ends shall be at 
least two feet from any wood work, and the crown of arch at least 
four feet from ceilings that have wood joists. The hearth in front 
of bake oven shall extend at least three and one-half (3 1-2) feet 
beyond the face of said oven. 


19. BOILER ROOMS. All boiler rooms hereafter con- 
structed in any building other than dwelling houses shall be pro- 
tected with brick, iron, tile or other fireproof material. Provided, 
however, that this section shall not apply to fireproof buildings. 


SECTION 42—STAIRS. 


1. STAIRS. WHERE REQUIRED. Every building erected 
or, altered for use as a store, factory, hotel, lodging house, except 
as herein otherwise provided, covering an area of not over 3,500 
square feet, shall be provided with a stairway not less than three 
feet six inches in the clear in width. All such structures over 3,500 
square feet area shall have six inches of additional length of tread 
for each additional 500 square feet of area up to 5000 square feet. 
Buildings of above areas housing more than fifty people shall be 
provided with an additional stairway not less than three feet six 
inches in width. Buildings whose area exceeds 5,000 square feet 
and does not exceed 7,500 square feet shall be provided with at 
‘least two stairways, neither of which shall be less than four feet 
in width. In larger buildings the length of treads shall be increased 
by six inches for each 500 square feet of additional area. Buildings 
having floors supported by wooden joists or containing stud par- 
titions, shall have one additional line of stairway for each 3,500 
square feet of area in excess of 7,500 square feet, where such 
structure is more than three stories high. Stairways shall be 
placed as remote from one another as possible. Fireproof or slow 
burning buildings of more than 7,500 square feet of area prop- 
erly located stairways of capacity as above given. 

Peo aio POR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.” Every school 
building two stories in height with floors of wood construction 
and having more than three rooms on the second floor shall have 
at least two stairways leading from the first to second floor as 
far removed from each other as possible. School buildings having 
four rooms on the second floor shall have ten lineal feet of tread, 


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but no stairway of a school building shall have less than four lineal 
feet of tread for each stairway to second floor. For each addi- 
tional second floor room seating not over fifty pupils the length 
of the treads shall be based upon two lineal feet for each addi- 
tional school room on that floor. Stairways from first floor to 
grade line shall be provided with six inches additional tread, for 
each school room seating not over fifty pupils, in excess of that 
from first to second floor. Stairways to basements shall be at 
least three-fourths of the width of stairs to first floor. Each 
stairway to second floor shall be provided with landing about half 
way up, which shall equal in width the length of the tread. 


Exceptions may be made for stairways in fireproof school 
buildings or those constructed according to the slow-burning sys- 
tem. In such cases centrally located single stairways of above 
capacities shall be provided from the first to the second floor in 
buildings not having more than six rooms, each seating not over 
fifty pupils on second floor. Every school building or any class 
of construction shall be provided with at least two entrances lead- 
ing to first floor and basement, located as remote from one an- 
other as possible, and which shall be at least as wide as the stairs 
from first floor to grade. 


No riser in any stairway shall be over six and one-half inches 
high and no tread less than eleven inches run. Stairways eight 
feet or more in width shall be provided with substantial double 
rail in the middle thereof. In three story school buildings the 
width of stairs from grade to first floor and from first to second 
floor shall be increased by six inches for each room seating not 
over fifty pupils on the third floor. 


3. STAIRWAYS IN FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. Stairways 
in fireproof buildings used for auditorium or theatre purposes if 
constructed entirely of fireproof material may extend free from 
adjoining walls and be provided with substantial hand-rails on each 
side. 


Stairs in fireproof buildings, if covered with slate, stone or 
marble treads or other fractious materials, shall be provided with 
metal or concrete under-treads of sufficient carrying capacity to 
perform all the offices of the finished and superimposed tread. 


4. PUBLIC HALLS AND CHURCHES. Each stairway 
shall have a strong hand-rail on each side thereof through its en- 
tire length. All enclosed staircases shall have on both sides a 
strong hand-rail firmly secured in the wall, about three inches 
distant therefrom, and about thirty inches above the floor of the 
stairs. 


5. APARTMENT HOUSES. FLATS AND DWELLINGS. 
Every apartment house, flat building, tenement house or 
dwelling over two stories in height and covering an area of more 
than 3,500 feet shall be provided with at least two distinct and 


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separate staircases of ample capacity. The carrying capacity of 
stairs mentioned in this section shall not be less than one hundred 
and fifty pounds per square foot. In tenements, apartment and 
flat buildings and lodging houses more than two stories high the 
partitions adjacent to or enclosing stairways shall be constructed 
of either brick or hollow tiles; stud partitions may be used if car- 
ried with metal lath on both sides, and provided with cut-offs of 
slow burning materials at each floor. 


6. WINDING AND CIRCULAR STAIRS. No winding or 


circular stairs shall be allowed in any buildings, except dwellings. 


SECTION 43—FIRE ESCAPES, STAND PIPES. 
1. FIRE ESCAPES. WHAT BUILDINGS MUST HAVE. 


Every building now or hereafter used in whole or in part, as a 
public building, public or private institution, asylum, school house, 
dormitory, church, theatre, public hall, office building, place of as- 
sembly or public resort, and every building in which persons are 
employed above the second story in a factory, work shop or mer- 
cantile or other establishment, and every hotel, family hotel, apart- 
ment house, boarding house, lodging house, club house, or tene- 
ment house in which persons reside or lodge above the second 
story; and every factory, work shop, mercantile establishment or 
other establishment of more than two stories in height, shall be 
provided with proper ways of egress or means of escape from fire, 
sufficient for the use of all persons accommodated, assembled, em- 
ployed, lodged or residing in such building, and such ways of egress 
and means of escape shall be kept free from obstruction, in good 
repair and ready for use at all times, and all rooms above the sec- 
ond story in such building shall be provided with more than one 
way of egress or escape from fire, placed as near as practicable at 
opposite ends of the room and leading to fire escapes on the out- 
side of such buildings or to stairways on the inside, provided with 


- proper railings. Every fire escape shall have a goose neck ladder 


extending from the upper landing to the roof of the building, and 
a stairway or station way ladder shall be provided therein from 
the top floor to the roof. 


2. BUILDINGS PROVIDED WITH FIRE ESCAPES. In 
addition to the foregoing means of escape from fire, all buildings 
enumerated in Section 43, which are more than two stories in 
height, shall have one or more fire escapes on the outside of said 
buildings, as may be directed by the Building Inspector, ex- 
cept in such cases as he may deem such fire escapes to be 
unnecessary in consequence of adequate provisions having been 
already made for safety in event of fire, and in such cases 
of exemption the said Building Inspector shall give the owner, 
lessee or occupant of said building a written certificate to 
that effect and his reason therefor. Such fire escapes as are pro- 
vided for in this Section shall be constructed according to the 


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specifications issued or approved by the Building Inspector. and 
shall be connected with each floor above the first, well fastened 
and secured, and of sufficient strength; each of which fire escapes 
shall have landings or balconies guarded by iron railings not less 
than three feet in height and embracing one or more windows at 
each story, and connecting with the interior by easily accessible 
and unobstructed openings; and all of the balconies or landings 
shall be connected by iron stairs, placed at a slant of not more than 
66 2-3 degrees, and not less than twenty inches wide, protected 
by a well-secured hand-rail on both sides, with a sixteen-inch wide 
drop ladder from the lower platform, reaching to the ground, the 
upper not less than 18 inches wide, except that in cases of school 
buildings, iron stairs shall extend to a ground landing. No tele- 
graph, telephone or electric light poles or wires, signs or other 
obstruction shall interfere with the construction or use of any fire 
escape. 


3, FIRE ESCAPES. IN’ COURTS. Every court ime 
there is a fire escape shall have direct and unobstructed access 
along the surface of the ground to a street or alley. 


4. NIGHT WATCHMAN TO BE PROVIDED. Every hotel, 
boarding house and lodging house containing fifty or more, and 
less than one hundred rooms ‘and being more than two stories 
high, shall have therein at least one competent watchman on duty 
between the hours of nine o’clock in the evening and six o’clock 
in the morning; and in every hotel, boarding house and lodging 
house containing one hundred or more rooms, and being four or 
more stories high, not less than two such watchmen shall be pro- 
vided and kept on duty as aforesaid, each properly assigned. And in 
every such hotel, boarding house and lodging house, the halls and 
stairways shall be properly lighted at night, and a red light shall 
be kept burning during the night at the head and foot of each 
flight of stairs, and at the intersection of all hallways with the 
the main corridors and one or more proper alarms or gongs, cap- 
able of being heard throughout the building, or an electric alarm 
bell, in each sleeping room, approved by the Building Inspector, 
shall be maintained easy of access and ready for use. Every keep- 
er of such hotel, boarding house or lodging house shall keep posted 
in a conspicuous place in every sleeping room a notice descriptive 
of all means of escape. 


5. STAND PIPES. Each business building, hotel and office 
building, four stories or more in height, and each building exceed- 
ing eighty feet in height, shall have a stand pipe extending to and 
above the roof and so arranged that fire hose can be attached from 
the street to the same. 


6. STAND PIPES. HOW CONSTRUCTED. " Standeigipes 
shall be at least three inch wrought iron pipe except from the top 
story to the roof, or all stories above the fifth floor, which may be 
two and one-half inches. Stand pipes shall have Siamese connec- 


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tions within five feet from the street grade, and one hose-valve at 
each floor above the first, and on the roof, all of which shall be 
subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. 


feel PEOAND HOSEHACONNECIIONS IN*PUBLIG HALLS, 
In every public hall of five hundred or less capacity there shall 
be provided and connected with city service, one two and one-half 
inch pipe with a two inch hose connection within the hall and one 
in the corridor, with fifty feet of approved two inch hose and 
nozzle on each connection ready for use. There shall be one addi- 
tional similar connection and hose for each five hundred additional 
capacity or fractional part thereof in such hall. There shall be 
provided one three gallon chemical extinguisher at each hose con- 
nection. 


All public halls with accommodations for one thousand or 
more persons shall also be provided with stand pipe and connections 
on outside of building as directed by the Building Inspector. 


SECTION 44—ELEVATORS. 
Peeve lORSS PERMITS MUST BE OBTAINED. No 


person shall hereafter build or install, or re-build or change, any 
passenger or freight elevator or any part of the machinery, car, 
shaft, or hatchway thereof in any building in the City of Musko- 
gee, until he shall have filed with the Building Inspector a state- 
ment or specifications or both, giving all required information in 
regard to the manner of construction, and the material to be used 
in or about said machinery, car, shaft or hatchway; and in addi- 
tion thereto, he shall file full working plans when required, and 
shall apply to said Inspector for a permit to perform such pro- 
posed work. : 


PM Ae Peat SHOWING CARRYING. CAPACITY, 
The owner, lessee, manager, or other person having charge or con- 
‘trol of any elevator now in operation in the City of Muskogee, and 
the manufacturers of elevators hereafter placed in buildings, shall 
cause to be fastened in a conspicuous place in said elevators, metal 
plates having suitable raised letters on same, which shall state car- 
rying capacity of such elevators, such plates to represent not more 
than 75 per cent of the safe carrying capacity of such elevator. 


3. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS OPERATING ELE- 
VATORS. No person shall operate an elevator in the City of Mus- 
kogee unless he is at least eighteen years of age; is reliable and 
of sober habits and has had at least four days’ experience in run- 
ning an elevator under the instruction of a competent person and 
shall be fully qualified in all other respects. 


4. PASSENGER ELEVATOR. DEFINITION. All eleva- 
tors not designed for freight service exclusively shall be classed as 
passenger elevators and shall be subject to all of the provisions of 
this Ordinance, relative to passenger elevators. 


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5. PASSENGER ELEVATOR HATCHWAYS. HOW EN- 
CLOSED. The hatchway of each elevator shall be surrounded by 
substantial vertical enclosure continuous from floor to ceiling, on 
open side of, car, except on the top floor, where the height of six 
and one-half feet is sufficient. The enclosure on every other side 
of the car shall not be less than six and one-half feet in height. 
All enclosure doors shall be made to slide, and shall be provided 
with locks so,arranged that the doors cannot be opened from the 
outside, except by a key, and such doors shall at all times be 
securely closed before starting the car. All grill-work around 
elevator hatchway shall be securely braced and kept in thorough 
repair. 

6. FREIGHT ELEVATOR HATCHWAYS. HOW EN- 
CLOSED. Every freight elevator hatchway shall be enclosed on 
all floors by a substantial frame work not less than six and one- 
half feet in height, and all openings to such hatchways shall be 
provided with automatic or self closing gates made to slide ver- 
tically, if practicable. Where such hatchway is enclosed by par- 
titions or is constructed with brick or fireproof walls, the open- 
ings shall be provided with automatic gates, unless the elevator is 
in charge of and run by a regular operator, in which case doors 
may be used, provided with spring locks which cannot be unlocked 
from the outside except by a key. 


7. PASSENGER CARS WITH MORE THAN ONE EN- 
TRANCE. Every passenger elevator’ with more than one en- 
trance shall be provided with a sliding door on the inside of the 
car on each entrance, one of which shall be securely closed before 
the elevator is put in motion. 


8. AUTOMATIC DOWN-SPEED GOVERNOR. Haye 
power elevator shall be provided with an automatic down-speed 
governor and no elevator shall have a greater working speed than 
six, hundred feet per minute. 


9, AUTOMATIC SLACK CABLE DEVICE. All power 
driven elevators, the cables of which wind around a drum, shall 
be provided with an automatic trip or slack cable device, which 
shall automatically cut off current to the machine and apply the 
brake. 


10. TERMINAL STOPS. All power-driven elevators shall 
be provided with automatic terminal stops on the machine, except 
in the case of traction REARS where switches in hatchway will 
be acceptable. 

11, AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC BRAKES. HOW APPRiE 
All power elevators shall be provided with an electrically released 
brake which shall act in’ case the current is interrupted from any 
cause. 


12. SAFETY DEVICE ON -CABLE-HOISTING Shin ae 
TOR. Every cable hoisted elevator car or platform which runs on 


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guides shall be provided with an approved safety device which will 
prevent the car and load from falling. Device to be tripped by 
speed governor. 


13. CABLES. All hoisting and counterweight cables used on 
elevators shall be double metallic cables. Factor of safety for 
freight elevators at least six. Factor of safety for passenger ele- 
vators at least eight. 


14. HEAD ROOM ABOVE CAR. All power elevators shall 
hereafter be installed in such a manner that, when the floor of 
the car or platform is level with the top floor of the building, the 
guides and guide posts shall extend at least three feet above the 
highest point of framework or guide shoe of car or platform, and 
that there shall at such time be free head room above said highest 
point of framework or guide shoe or car or platform at least to the 
level of the tops of such guides and guide posts. 


Freight elevators of over six thousand pounds capacity and 
with platforms over fourteen feet in length shall have a double set 
of guide-posts. 


15. ELEVATOR BUILT IN WELL-HOLE. It shall be un- 
lawful to install any power-driven elevator in the well-hole of any 
stairway unless there be a fireproof wall between such elevator and 
the stairway, such wall to extend at least two feet above the level 
_ of the roof of the building. In fireproof buildings such enclosures 
may be of wired-glass in metal frames. 


16. INSPECTION. Any person having charge of an ele- 
vator shall, when requested, render the Building Inspector such 
assistance as may be necessary to enable him to make a thorough 
examination of the same. 


17. BEAMS AND GUIDES. No elevator shall be hung on 
other than steel beams. All elevators must have steel guides for 
car and counterweight. 


18. EMERGENCY EXIT. Every passenger elevator car to 
have an easily removed panel in canopy of same. 


19. ELECTRIC ELEVATORS. WHEN. All power eleva- 
tors with a speed of 150 feet per minute, or greater, shall be elec- 
trically controlled. 


20. COUNTERWEIGHTS. All counterweight to be de- 
signed so that spreading of the rods will not allow any weights to 
fall down hatchiway. 


21. EMERGENCY AND FINAL LIMIT SWITCHES. Every 
electric passenger elevator to have an emergency switch in car 
which will cut off current to the machine and automatically apply 
the brake, and shall have final limit switches in hatchway at top 
and bottom which will be opened by car, in case car exceeds normal 


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travel, and cut off current from machine and apply the brake. 


22. PIT. Every passenger elevator shall have pit at least 
three feet deep. 


SECTION 45—FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. 
1. FIREPROOF BUILDING—CONSTRUCTION. WHEN. 


Every building hereafter erected or altered to be used for educa- 
tional purposes, or as an institution of any kind for the care or 
treatment of persons, if three stories or over in height or every 
flat building, lodging house, apartment buildings or public hall, 
if more than three stories in height, or as a factory, office build- 
ing, or retail store buildings, six stories or more in height, shall be 
of fireproof construction. Every factory, office building or retail 
store building five stories in height, and not of fireproof construc- 
tion, shall have at least one stairway enclosed by fireproof parti- 
tions. No wood or other inflammable material shall be used in 
any of the walls, partitions, furring or ceiling in any fireproof 
building, except that the doors and window sash and their frames, 
the interior finish and blocking and grounds thereof, floor boards 
and floor strips directly thereunder, may be of wood, bapa as 
herein otherwise provided. 


2. FIREPROOF: CONSTRUCTION DEFINED. “The term 
“Fireproof.Construction” shall apply to buildings in which all parts 
that carry weights or resist stresses are constructed wholly of 
stone, burned clay, iron, steel or concrete and in which all.stairs 
and all elevator enclosures, and their contents, are made entirely 
of incombustible material, and in which all metallic structural memz- 
bers are insulated against the effects of fire. 


Suh LR EPROOMENG: MATERIALS USED FOR. Thesmiae 
terials which shall be considered ‘as fulfilling the condition of fire- 
proof covering are: brick, hollow tile, burned clay and concrete. 
No structural metal shall have a covering extending less thant 
three inches from the metal; one inch on the interior of such; 
fireproofing may be air space. 


By the term “Structural Metal” is meant such metal as is used 
in preserving the stability or integrity of the structure itself, or any 
integral structural part thereof, and does not apply to any orna- 
mental metal work, screens, stairs, or other metal which may be 
removed without affecting the structural stability of the work 
or any part thereof. 


In buildings of this type, all door or window mullions, whether 
vertical or horizontal, shall be faced with cast iron, terra cotta, or 
other incombustible material of equal fire-resisting value, except- 
ing as otherwise specified. All iron or steel used as supporting 
members of the external construction of any building shall be 
protected against the effects of external changes of temperature 


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and of fire, by a covering completely enveloping the same. If of 
brick or concrete, it shall not be less than three inches thick, and 
there shall be an air space between the iron and steel members and 
the tile. 

When skeleton construction is used for the whole or part of 
a building, the enveloping materials, shall be independently sup- 
ported on the skeleton frame for each individual story. 


If iron or steel supporting plates are used in each story, they 
must be of sufficient strength to carry, within the limits of fiber- 
stress, the enveloping material for the story, and such plates may 
extend to within two inches of the exterior of the covering. 

If terra cotta is used as a part of such fireproof covering it 
shall be backed up with brick or hollow tile of such dimensions 
and laid up in such a manner as to secure a perfect bond with the 
terra cotta facing. Provided, however, that terra cotta of suffi- 
cient thickness ‘may be used without backing. 

If hollow tile alone is used for such covering, it shall be at 
least two courses thick, breaking joints and bonded. 


If cement concrete is used in any form for such covering, 
it shall be in a manner approved by the best recognized engineer- 
ing authorities. 

The upper surface of all breaks or offsets in external cover- 
ings, as well as the tops of walls, shall be capped with fireproof 
material. 


4. INTERNAL FIREPROOFING. The internal structural 
parts of all fireproof buildings of skeleton construction shall be 
fireproofed by coverings of brick, hollow tile, porous terra cotta 
or cement concrete in a manner approved by the best recognized 
engineering authorities and as above specified. In places where 
there is trucking or other handling of packages, the lower five 
feet of the fireproofing of columns, other than concrete, shall be 
incased in sheet iron or oak plank, which shall be kept continually 
in good repair. 

In all cases, the covering of beams, and girders, if of hollow 
tile or porous terra cotta, shall be so applied as to be supported 
entirely by the beams or girders and by the mortar used in setting. 
Wire binding and anchors shall not be used as fasteners of such 
fireproof covering. The filling between the individual iron and 
steel beams supporting the floors of the fireproof buildings shall 
be made of brick or hollow tile arches, or other forms and materials 
of fireproof construction may be used if approved by the best rec- 
ognized engineering authorities. The Building Inspector may re- 
quire a practical test to be made by the owner or contractor of the 
proposed ‘construction to determine its safe carrying capacity and 
its fire-resisting qualities. If brick arches are used, they shall not 
be less than four inches thick and shall have a rise of at least one 
and one-quarter inches to each foot of the span between the beams. 
If the span of such arches is more than five feet, the thickness of 


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the same shall be increased as required by the Building Inspector. 
Such brick arches shall be laid with close joints in cement mortar 
in proportions of not more than two parts of sand to one part of 
cement by measure. 


If hollow tile arches having a straight soffit are used, the 
thickness of such arches shall not be less than one and one-half 
inches for each foot of span. In all cases the protection of the 
bottom flanges of the beams and so much of the webs as are not 
covered by the arches shall be made as before specified for the 
covering of beams and girders. Plastering on wire or metal lath 
shall not be considered as fireproofing for structural members. 


SECTION 46—REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. 


1. FOR WHAT BUILDINGS. Reinforced concrete may be 
used for all classes of buildings if the design is in accordance with 
good engineering practice and the the stresses are figured by rules 
and formulas equal in all respects to those set forth in the latest 
edition of “Concrete, Plain and Reinforced,” by Taylor & Thomp- 
son. 


2. COMPUTATIONS. The Building Inspector shall have ac- 
cess to all computations, which shall give all assumed loads, sep- 
arately such as dead and live loads, wind and impact (if any), and 
the resulting stresses. 


3. SPECIFICATIONS. The specifications shall state the 
qualities of the materials to be used in making the concrete, and 
the proportions in which they are to be mixed. 


4. RECORDS OF WORK. Exact records of the progress of 
each operation of construction shall be kept where they can be 
examined by the Building Inspector. These records shall show 
the dates of the placing of all concrete, and the dates of the re- 
moval of forms. 


5. TESTS OF CEMENT. Tests of cement used in building 
operations shall be made from time to time under the supervision 
of the Building Inspector and all cement which does not meet the 
requirements of the Standard Specifications of the American So- 
ciety for Testing Materials shall be rejected. 


6. AGGREGATE. Extreme care shall be exercised in select- 
ing the aggregate for all concrete and careful tests shall be made 
of the materials, where any doubt exists, for the purpose of deter- 
mining their qualities and the proportions necessary to secure 
maximum density. 


7. CINDER CONCRETE. Cinder concrete shall not be used 
for reinforced concrete structures, except for fireproofing. Where 
cinders are used as the coarse part of the aggregate, they shall be 


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hard, clean, vitreous cinders, free from sulphides, unburned coal 
and ashes. 


8 REMOVAL OF FORMS. Forms shall not be removed 
until the concrete has hardened sufficiently to permit their re- 
moval with entire safety. 


9. FIREPROOFING. The main reinforcement in columns 
shall be protected by a minimum of two inches of concrete; re-in- 
forcement in girders and beams by one and one-half inches, and 
floor slabs by one inch. 


SECTION 47—IRON AND STEEL CONSTRUCTION. 
1. IRON AND STEEL CONSTRUCTION. All iron or steel 


columns shall be made true and smooth on both ends at right 
angles to the axis of the columns and shall rest on shoes or plates 
of iron or steel and shall have iron or steel caps which shall be 
made true, and such plates and caps shall be of size and strength 
sufficient to properly distribute the weights that may be imposed 
upon them; Provided, however, that in all buildings four stories 
and over in height such columns shall rest upon properly designed 
bridge plates bolted to the columns. All iron or steel trimmer- 
beams, headers and tail-beams shall be suitably framed and 
connected together, and all iron or steel girders, columns, beams, 
trusses or other iron or steel work shall be strapped, bolted, riveted, 
anchored and connected together in a strong and workmanlike 
manner approved by the Building Inspector. 


Pee CNESoe Ol WALLS—HOW CARRIED © In vall 
buildings of skeleton construction, when the walls are carried by 
the metal frame, the thickness of outside masonry shall not be less 
than twelve inches, except as hereinbefore provided for “Curtain 


Walls.” 


3. CAST IRON. In buildings less than ten stories in height, 
cast iron columns may be used, in which case each successive col- 
umn, shall be bolted to the one below it by at least four bolts not 
less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and the beams and 
girders shall be bolted to the columns. No cast iron lintels shall 
be used in skeleton buildings. 


SECTION 48—SLOW BURNING BUILDINGS. 
1. SLOW BURNING BUILDINGS—HOW CONSTRUCT- 


ED. All buildings six stories or over in height not especially men- 
tioned under the head of Fireproof Buildings, if not strictly fire- 
proof must be built equal in slow-burning qualities to the follow- 
ing: 

All floor and roof joists shall not be less than sixty inches in 
area of cross-section and shall be floored over with matched planks 


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not less than two and one-half inches thick. Partitions shall be 
either brick, tile or plank; if plank are used, the same must not be 
less than three inches thick. No stud partitions or wood furring 
shall be allowed. No buildings of “slow burning” construction 
shall be more than eight stories in height. If metal columns or 
girders are used they shall be fireproofed. 

Warehouses, storehouses and factories of slow-burning con- 
struction three stories or more in height, shall have all stairways 
and elevators enclosed in fireproof shafts, provided with automatic 
fire doors at all openings, and no openings shall be allowed through 
the floors of such building except for power belts, unless provided 
with automatic fire doors. 


SECTION 49—THEATRES AND PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 
1. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. DEFINITIONS. Every 


building hereafter erected or altered to be used as a theatre, opera 
house, or for other public entertainments of any kind, where stage 
scenery and properties are employed, shall comply with the _pro- 
visions of this Ordinance. 


2. OBSTRUCTIONS. All aisles and passageways in build- 
ings devoted to purposes of amusement shall be kept free from 
camp stools, chairs, stoves and all other obstructions. No person 
or persons shall be allowed to stand in or occupy any of the aisles 
or passageways during any public assemblage, except in the space 
in the rear of the last row of seats. 


3. CHANGES OF EXISTING THEATRES. All places of 
public amusement and instruction in the City of Muskogee already 
erected, shall be required to conform to the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance with respect to obstructions in aisles or passageways, elec- 
tric wiring, lights, curtains, entrance, exit, doors, aisles, seats, 
stairways, automatic sprinklers, fire protection and water service, 
and matters relating to the management of theatres and places of — 
public amusement. It being the intention not to require the re- 
construction of existing buildings used for such purposes, except 
as herein indicated. 


4. BUILDING INSPECTOR TO TAKE POSSE soit 
all cases under the provisions of this Ordinance whenever the Build- 
ing Inspector may deem it for the public safety to require altera- 
tions as provided in Paragraph 3 of this Section, or to limit the num- 
ber of persons that shall be permitted to occupy the interior of any 
theatre or place of public amusement, and the owner, lessee or 
manager neglects or refuses to comply with his order in relation 
thereto, he shall be authorized and required to take possession of 
and close such building and perform such other acts in the prémises 
as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. 

5. EMERGENCY EXITS, ETC. Emergency exits, and doors 


in walls not directly related to the main entrance of buildings of 


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this class, shall be equal in width to twenty inches for each one 
hundred of seating capacity, and shall be provided on each floor, 
gallery and balcony. Fire escapes shall be provided therefrom in 
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. 


6. AUDITORIUM EXITS. From the auditorium shall be 
two exits, unless one side is on the street, in which case there shall 
be more than two, if desirable, in each tier, from and including the 
parquet and each and every gallery. 


7. WIDTH. Every exit shall be at least five feet in width 
in the clear and provided with doors. 


8. DOORS BOLTED. All doors shall open outwards, and 
must be fastened with movable bolts, the bolts to be kept drawn 
during the performance, or the doors may be supplied with auto- 
matic door-opening devices. 


9. BALCONY EXITS. Where a theatre, hotel or other pub- 
lic auditorium, has a frontage on more than one’street or public 
highway, balcony projections of a substantial character and un- 
objectionable appearance may be provided on the street or high- 
way not used as the principal entrance, and proper stairways there- 
from shall be provided. This balcony projection for the different 
exit levels may be used in lieu of fire escapes. In no case shall 
columns be placed so as to obstruct any passageway. 


10. DIAGRAM AND LIGHTS. A diagram of the theatre 
showing all exits shall be published in each theatre program, and 
every exit shall have over the same on the inside, a red exit light 
or sign with the word “Exit” thereon in letters at least six inches 
high. 


11. BUILDINGS—HOW USED. No portion of any building 
hereafter erected, used or intended to be used for theatrical or 
other purposes as in this Section specified, shall be occupied or 
used as a hotel, boarding or lodging house, factory, workshop or 
“manufactory, or for storage purpose except where hotels, boarding 
houses, workshops or manufactories are separated from said 
theatre by means of a fire wall. 


12. WORKSHOPS, ETC. No workshop, storage or general 
property room, shall be allowed above the auditorium or stage, or 
under the sdme, or in any of the fly galleries, excepting for the 
painting of scenery. All said rooms or shops may be located in 
the rear or at the side of the stage, but in such cases they shall be 
separated from the stage by an incombustible wall. Each open- 
ing in such partitions shall have standard fire-proof doors on each 
side of the wall. 


13. HAZARDOUS BUSINESS. No store or room contained 
in such building shall be let or used for carrying on any business 
dealing in articles designated by insurance companies as hazardous 


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material. No lodging accommodations, except for the janitor, shall 
be allowed in any part of the building communicating with the 
auditorium or stage. , 


14. EXTERIOR WALLS. Exterior walls of theatres and 
places of public amusement shall be as provided for walls of other 
structures within the same district, and of the same general class, 
and shall in all ways conform to the general provisions of this 
Ordinance. 


15. INTERIOR WALLS. Interior walls of masonry, here- 
after described, shall separate the auditorium from the stage, from 
the entrance vestibule and from any room or rooms over the same; 
also from any lobbies, corridors, refreshment or other rooms. 


16. STAIRCASES. All enclosed staircases shall have on both 
sides a strong hand rail, firmly secured in the wall, about three 
inches distant therefrom and about thirty inches above the floor 
of the stairs. All stairways shall be closed on at least one side 
with incombustible material, except that stairways in fireproof 
buildings if constructed entirely of fireproof material may stand 
free from the adjoining walls and shall be provided with substantial 
hand rails on each side thereof. 


17. FIRE WALLS. A fire wall to be built of brick shall 
separate the auditorium from the stage, and the same shall extend 
four feet at least above the highest roof adjoining said fire wall. 


18. FIREPROOF ARCH. Above the proscenium opening 
there shall be an arch of fireproof material to protect it from the 
heat; if a girder, there shall be constructed a relieving arch over 
the same, the intervening space to be filled in with bricks to the - 
full thickness of the wall, the brick wall shall then be carried up 
above the roof, as above mentioned. 


19. PROSCENIUM FRAME. The frame around the pros- 
cenium opening shall be formed in metal or plaster and filled in 
solid with non-combustible materials and securely anchored to the 
wall with metal. 


20. PROSCENIUM WALLS—DOORS IN. All doorways or 
openings through the proscenium wall in every tier shall have. 
standard automatic fire doors which can be opened from either 
side at all times. Direct access to those doors shall be provided 
on both sides, and the same shall always be kept free from any 
incumbrance. 


21. CURTAIN. The proscenium curtain shall be placed at 
least two feet distant from the floor lights at the nearest point. 


22. METAL CURTAIN. The proscenium opening shall be 
provided with fireproof curtain made with a steel frame, well 
braced in section and sliding at each end in metal grooves securely 
fastened in the brick wall. Each section shall be filled in with wire 
cloth not over one inch mesh of not less than No. 14 wire American 


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Gauge, or the frame may be covered with No. 25 gauge iron riveted 
together and to the frame. This fireproof curtain shall be raised 
and lowered at least twice during each performance and shall be 
operated by machinery approved for that purpose. 


23. FIREPROOF SHAFTS. A shaft or shafts shall be pro- 
vided over the stage to and out of the roof, of an area or combined 
area of at least one-tenth of said stage, fitted up with skylights 
having sliding sash glazed with double thick sheet glass, not ex- 
ceeding one-eighth of an inch thick, and each pane measuring not 
less than three hundred square inches. 


24. SKYLIGHTS. And the whole of such skylights shall be 
so constructed as to open instantly, on the cutting or burning of a 
hempen cord arranged to control the whole of said skylights or by 
some other equally simple and approved device. / 


25. SHEATHING. None of the walls or ceilings shall be 
covered with wood sheating or canvas. This shall not exclude the 
use of wall fabrics pasted directly on walls or ceilings of the audi- 
torium, foyers and entrances, and shall not exclude the use of 
wood wainscoating to a height not to exceed six feet, provided 
that the space between the wainscoating and the wall shall be 
filled in solid with fireproof materials. 


26. DRESSING ROOM WALLS, ETC. The wall separating 
the actors dressing rooms from the stage, and the partitions divid- 
ing the dressing rooms, together with the partitions of any pas- 
sage from the same to the stage, and all other partitions on or 
about the stage, shall be constructed with fireproof material. 


27. OPEN SPACE OF STAGE. All that portion of the stage 
- floor not comprised in the working of the scenery, traps and other 
mechanical apparatus for the presentation of a scene, and four feet 
wider on each side than the proscenium opening, shall be built of 
steel beams, filled in between with fireproof material; and all 
girders for the support of said beams shall be of steel. 


28. FLY GALLERIES. The ceiling or underpart of the fly 
galleries shall be covered with iron or tin under the entire exposed 
woodwork. 


29. STAGE WOODWORK. All woodwork and other non- 
fireproof materials on or about the stage, shall be saturated with an 
approved fire-resisting compound or otherwise rendered safe 
against fire. All such materials shall be coated twice each year 
with fireproofing paint or compound, as above. 


30. DOORWAYS. Every doorway of communication be- 
tween aisles in the auditorium, and any lobby, corridor or passage, 
shall have a clear opening of not less than five feet in width. 


31. CAPACITY. The aggregate capacity of the lobbies, cor- 
ridors, passages and rooms for the use of the audience, must on 


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each floor or gallery be sufficient to afford safe and easy egress 
for the entire audience. 


32. SEATS. All seats in the auditorium, excepting those 
contained in the boxes shall be not less than thirty-one inches from 
back to back measured in a horizontal direction and not less than 
twenty inches in width from center to center of arms and shall 
be firmly secured to the floor. 


33. AISLES. All aisles in the auditorium shall have at least 
a width of twenty inches for every hundred persons or part thereof. 
Main aisle shall not be less than three feet wide at their narrowest 
part; shall increase in width toward the exit at least one inch for 
every five running feet or part thereof. Lateral aisles and aisles 
adjoining proscenium boxes may be of lesser width, but in no case 
shall these aisles be less than twenty-four inches at their narrowest 
parts. 


34. BOILER ROOMS. No steam boiler which may be re- 
quired for heating or other purposes, shall be placed under the 
auditorium or stairs and the space allotted to such boiler shall be 
enclosed by walls of masonry on all sides, and have a ceiling con- 
structed of fireproof material; all doors in such walls to be stand- 
ard automatic fireproof doors. 


35. LIGHTING OF BUILDING. Every portion of the build- 
ing devoted to the use or accommodation of the public, and all out- 
lets leading to the highway, shall be well and properly lighted 
during every performance, and shall remain lighted until the en- 
tire audience has left the premises. 


36. GAS MAINS AND LIGHTS. Gas mains supplying any 
theatre shall have independent connections for the auditorium and 
the stage, and provisions shall be made for shutting off the gas 
from the outside. When interior gas lights are not lighted by elec- 
ricity, other suitable appliances approved by the Building Inspec- 
tor must be provided. 


All stage gas lights shall have strong metal wire guards or 
screens, so constructed that any material in contact therewith shall 
be out of reach of the flames. 


37. FIRE APPARATUS. Fire protective apparatus shall be 
installed of a character to adequately protect the contents of build- 
ing and its equipment. The size of hose, pipe and fittings shall be 
proportioned to the duties required of them. In no case shall pipe, 
other than service sprinkler pipes, be less than two and one-half 
inches in diameter. 


38. WATER SERVICE. There shall be two sources of auto- 
matic supply, namely city pressure and automatic pump or tank. 
Approved Siamese connections for steamers shall be provided on 
outside of buildings, and shall conform to the requirements of the 


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Building Inspector. Each source of supply shall be properly 
equipped with proper gate and check valves. 


39. TANK. Tank shall be located and constructed as to in- 
sure twenty pounds pressure at highest outlet, with a capacity, 
if gravity tank is used, of not less than twelve thousand gallons, 
or if pressure tank is used, not less than thirty-five hundred gal- 
lons. If a pump is used it shall be automatic, and of not less than 
five hundred gallons per.minute capacity and shall be ready for 
service at all times when the theatre is open to the public. Such 
pump shall be placed in boiler room. 


40, AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS. There shall also: be a 
complete, separate and distinct system of automatic sprinklers with 
fusible plugs installed subject to the approval of the Building In- 
spector. Said sprinklers to be placed by and upon the proscenium 
opening and on the ceiling or roof over the stage at such intervals 
as will protect every square foot of stage surface when in opera- 
tion. Such sprinklers shall also be placed under the stage so as 
to protect every square foot of surface in basement under stage. 
Such sprinkler equipment shall have independent connection from 
service in building and not a branch connection from any stand 
pipe. 

41. STANDPIPES. Two standpipes shall be located on 
stage and shall be provided with hose attachments on each level 
gallery or landing thereof. There shall be one hose connection on 
each side of each gallery or balcony. There shall be two such con- 
nections in each corridor, vestibule and lobby next to the audi- 
torium and at all of its different levels. There shall be two similar 
connections, one on each side of basement immediately under audi- 
torium; there shall be two similar connections under stage, one 
on each side there; one in carpenter shop and one in storeroom. 


42. HOSE. For each connection above mentioned there shall 
be not less than fifty feet of approved two inch hose and nozzle 
‘which shall be attached and connected in a manner to meet the 
approval of the Chief of the Fire Department. In lieu of hose, 
turret nozzles may be used, except that they must be placed in 
sufficient numbers to cover all parts of the building. 


439 OLHER PIRE APPARATUS. One fire hook and one 
fire axe shall be provided for each side of stage and for each fly 
gallery. Hooks shall be fifteen feet in length and together with 
axes shall be hung on the walls in conspicuous places. 


44. APPROVAL BY BUILDING INSPECTOR. The above 
apparatus shall be placed in position in a manner to conform to 
the requirements of the Building Inspector, and shall be subject 
to his approval. 

45: MUST HAVE WATER CLOSETS. Every building used 
as a theatre, opera house, or intended for theatrical or operatic 


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purposes, shall be provided with, and there shall be maintained 
therein suitable and separate water closets for men and women, 
for the convenience of the patrons of said theatre, opera house 
or building, which said closets shall continuously be kept open for 
a period of fifteen minutes next preceding the commencement of 
any entertainment or performance until the close thereof. 


46. ROOMS FOR MOVING PICTURES. All rooms or build- 
ings which have heretofore been erected for the use in the opera- 
tion of, or which may hereafter be erected for, or used in the 
operation of moving picture machines, shall be inspected and ap- 
proved by the Building Inspector of said City before the same 
shall be so used. Every room used for such purpose shall be on 
the ground floor of such building, and shall front on a public high- 
way, and in no case shall there be a means of connection from said 
room to any other room or building, nor shall any other business 
be operated or conducted in such room. Every room hereafter 
erected or used for such purpose shall have at least one exit in 
addition to the main or front entrance to said room, which exit 
shall open direct into a street, alley, or courtyard, free from ob- 
structions, with direct access therefrom and to a public highway in 
said City. The doorways of the main entrance to every room here- 
tofore or hereafter erected or used for such purpose shall be not 
less than five feet in width and all additional doorways shall be not 
less than three feet in width. All doors must open outward and‘ 
shall not be locked while the building is open to the public. Each 
exit shall be clearly indicated on the inside thereof by illuminated 
red signs with the word “Exit” thereon in letters not less than six 
inches in height. No aisle shall be less than three feet in width. 
All seats shall be not less than thirty inches from back to back and 
not less than eighteen inches 1n width, from center to center of the 
area thereof and shall be firmly secured to the floor. No camp 
chairs or stools shall be used in such roam. 

There shall be placed in a box or compartment in which said 
moving picture machine is operated, a three gallon chemical fire 
extinguisher, which shall be charged at least once in each year. 
Every moving picture machine when in use must be enclosed in 
a fireproof booth or compartment, which booth or compartment 
shall be equipped with fireproof magazines for the top and bottom 
rolls of such machine. Extra films must be kept in metallic boxes 
with tight fitting covers. All wiring apparatus for electricity in 
the use of such machines shall be constructed in conformity with 
the National Electric Code in existence at the time of the installa- 
tion of such wiring, and with this Ordinance. 


SECTION 50—BUILDINGS WITHIN FIRE LIMITS. 


1, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTERIOR WALLS. The outer 
wall and walls of every building hereafter erected or enlarged 
within the fire limits, shall be built only of brick, stone or other 


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equally substantial and incombustible materials: Provided, how- 
ever, that if any person or persons desire to increase the height 
of any wooden dwelling or any part thereof, already erected and 
situated within the fire limits and the height of such building, when 
completed will not exceed two stories, the Council of the City of 
Muskogee may grant a permit therefor, if in their judgment the 
fire hazard will not be increased thereby, and provided, further, 
that the second story of any dwelling may be constructed of wood 
with brick-veneer or stucco plaster if the walls of the first story 


thereof are of incombustible materials and at least eight inches 
thick. 


A frame dwelling may be built within the fire limits if such 
dwelling is not over two stories high; is veneered with at least 
four inches of incombustible material; properly anchored to frame 
walls and is provided with incombustible roof. 


2. REPAIRING OR ALTERING FRAME BUILDING 
WITHIN FIRE LIMITS. It shall be unlawful to repair or alter 
frame buildings within the fire limits of the City of Muskogee if, 
in the opinion of the Building Inspector, such building has been 
damaged from any cause or causes to the extent of twenty-five 
per cent of the value of a similar new building, and any such build- 
ing shall be torn down and removed when so ordered by the Build- 
ing Inspector. 


No alteration or change in plan or size of such structure shall 
be made, or other changes which may allow a use or uses othler 
than that for which the structure was originally intended. 


3. RE-LOCATING FRAME BUILDING. Whenever frame 
buildings heretofore erected within the fire limits shall be moved, 
they shall not be re-located within the fire limits, except by per- 
mission of the Council of the City of Muskogee. 


4. ROOFS IN FIRE LIMITS. The external covering of all 
roofs, cornices, gutters, eaves and parapets, within the fire limits, 
- shall be of incombustible materials. No uncovered tar, tar or rosin 
paper, composition, felt or wood shall in any way be exposed on 
any roof or its appendages. Every composition roofing material 
shall be protected with a permanent covering of gravel or crushed 
stone, subject to the approval of the Inspector, except when such 
_composition is laid upon a fireproof roof. 


5. CORNICES. Cornices shall be well secured to the walls, 
and in all cases the walls shall be carried up to the level of the 
roof, and where the cornice extends above the roof, the walls shall 
be carried up to the top of the cornice. All exterior cornices 
that will hereafter be necessary to place, shall be constructed as 
required for new buildings. 


6. TEMPORARY SHEDS. Temporary one-story frame 
sheds may be erected within the fire limits, for the use of builders, 


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adjacent to buildings in course of construction, but shall be demol- 
ished or removed upon the completion of such buildings. 


7. STAIRS OF WOOD WITHIN, THE Fike 
WHEN. Outside stairs constructed of wood in a substantial man- 
ner, if approved by the Building Inspector, may be erected-in con- 
nection with porches in the rear of flat buildings and dwellings 
within the fire limits. 


SECTION 51—DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. 


1. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, WALLS—CONDEMNA- 
TION. Whenever in the opinion of the Building Inspector any 
wall, or other part of a burned or otherwise damaged building is 
unsafe, or when any building or any part thereof shall be unsafe 
for the purpose for which it is intended or used, or whenever any 
machinery, material or staging used in or about the construction 
of any building is unsafe for the purpose for which it is intended 
or used, it shall be forthwith taken down, repaired or altered, as 
the Building Inspector shall require. And thereupon the owner, 
agent or occupant so notified by the Building Inspector, shall forth- 
with put such wall, building, machinery, material or staging in a 
safe condition, or take down and remove the same. Should such 
owner, agent or occupant refuse to comply with the said written 
notice, the Inspector, shall promptly report his conclusions, to- 
gether with such recommendations as he may desire to make, to 
the Mayor and City Council. Whereupon, it shall be the duty of 
the said Mayor and City Council to cause notice to be served upon 
the owner, owners or agent of said building or other structure to 
appear before them upon a day named in such notice, to show cause 
why such building or other structure should not be condemned in 
whole or in part and the same removed; and the Mayor and City 
Council shall thereupon hear and consider the recommendations 
of the Building Inspector and the objections thereto, if any, of such 
owner, owners or agent, and having satisfied themselves upon the 
matters presented, shall make final orders therein; and if the re- 
port and recommendations of the Building Inspector shall be found 
correct, and shall be approved and such building or other structure 
be condemned by the Mayor and City Council as dangerous or in- 
secure in whole or in part they may order the Building Inspector 
to forthwith give the owner or owners, or his or their agent, notice 
to take down, such building or structure in whole or in part, and 
clear the highway of all debris within a specified time and further 
to notify any tenant or occupant of such premises to vacate the 
same within a specified time. Should the person or persons so 
notified fail or refuse to comply with such order, the Mayor and 
City Council shall order the Buildings Inspector to cause such 
building or other structure, or so much thereof as may have been 
condemned, to be taken down and the same and all debris removed, 
all at the expense of the owner or owners who shall be liable to 
‘the City for all expenses incurred by said Inspector in taking down 


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such building or structure, and the removal of the same and the 
debris thereof. The failure of any owner or owners, or his or their 
agent or agents, to comply with the provisions of this Section 
when notified by the Building Inspector as hereinabove provided, 
shall constitute a separate violation thereof for each and every 
day such violation shall continue. 


SECTION 52—MOVING OF BUILDINGS. 
1. HOUSE MOVING—PERMITS. No building shall be 


moved to a new location within the City Limits unless a permit be 
first issued therefor by the Building Inspector. The person desir- 
ing such permit shall file written application therefor, setting forth 
the kind of building to be moved, its original cost, its dimensions 
in extreme length, height and width, its present location, and the 
particular lot or site on which it is to be moved. The Building 
Inspector shall thereupon thoroughly examine such building and 
may issue a permit for such removal designating therein the par- 
ticular streets or alleys along which the building shall be moved. 
Provided, however, that it has not been damaged to an extent ex- 
ceeding fifty per cent of its first cost, and that such removal can, 
in the opinion of the Building Inspector, be made without serious 
injury to any person or property or any pavement, or other public 
improvement. No frame building to be moved from without to 
within the fire limits. 


2. BOND TO BE GIVEN. As a condition precedent to the 
issuance of such permit, the Building Inspector, shall require an 
indemnifying bond to be executed by the applicant with 
satisfactory surety, which bond shall be in terms and amount as he 
may prescribe, conditioned upon a strict cdmpliance with the 
terms of the permit as to route, time of removal the repair or com- 
pensation for the repair, the payment of all damages whatsoever 
occasioned by or incident to such removal, and the payment to said 
City of Muskogee as liquidated damages an amount not exceeding 
Fifty Dollars, to be prescribed by the Building Inspector, for each 
and every day’s delay in completing such removal or in repairing 
any damage to property or public improvements, or in clearing 
public highways of any debris occasioned thereby. Upon the issu- 
ance of such permit the Building Inspector shall cause written 
notice thereof to be given to the Superintendent of Fire Alarm, 
and of telephone, electric light and other companies whose property 
may be affected by such removal. 


. SECTION 53—SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS. 
1. FENCES, SIGNS, BILLBOARDS—PERMIT. It shall be 


unlawful for any person to erect, cause or permit to be erected, 
within the City of Muskogee, any fence, signboard, sign, billboard, 


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or other structure to be used for advertising purposes without 
first obtaining a permit therefor from the Building Inspector. 


2. SIGNS ON TOP OF STRUCTURES. It shall be unlawful 
to erect or maintain any solid sign, billboard or other structure for 
advertising purposes upon the cornice or on the roof of any build- 
ing in the City of Muskogee, if such structure is greater than two 
feet in height; nor shall any windows or doors be obstructed by 
any sign, billboard, or other advertising structure; Provided, how- 
ever, that it will be permissible to erect and maintain skeleton 
signs upon the cornice or on the roof of any building when con- 
structed according to the requirements of this Ordinance. 


3. DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Permits for signs 
and banners shall be granted only upon the basis of representa- 
tions made by proper drawings and specifications indicating the 
location, disposition, quality of material and workmanship, full 
dimensions and manner of fastening the same in place. These 
drawings and specifications shall be subject to all of the special and 
general provisions as indicated by this Ordinance for general build- 
ing work. 


4. GENERAL PROVISIONS. All signs hereafter. erected or 
placed on buildings within the fire limits shall be of incombustible 
material, and all signs in any part of the City shall be propérly 
supported, braced and stayed and otherwise rigidly and perman- 
ently secured, and shall in no case be less than ten feet above the 
sidewalk. 

No advertising structure shall be erected which in any way 
conflicts with public safety or convenience. 

Whenever in the opinion of the Building Inspector, any ad- 
vertising structure shall endanger public safety or convenience, it 
shall be “taken down, repaired « or altered as the Building Inspector 
may require. 

All signs or banners, in the sense herein indicated, that conflict 
with the conditions of this Ordinance shall be removed or altered 
within six months after its passage. 

The term “advertising structure” shall apply to transparencies, 
electric devices, streamers and other means of attracting public 
attention. 

The term “Sign” in the sense herein, does not include those 
which are painted directly upon the structural parts of any build- 
ing, but does apply to signs painted upon any structure erected for 
sign purposes. 

Signs of the type known as “shingles” containing not over 
four square feet, not more than 1-2 inch in thickness and placed 
not less than ten feet above the first floor or the sidewalk line, 
may be erected without permit. However, the Building Inspector 
shall have authority to order their removal if in any way they vio- 
late any of the special or general conditions of this Ordinance. 


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No permit shall be granted for the erection of any advertising 
structure to be placed less than ten feet above the sidewalk, 
and no sign shall extend beyond the curb line. 


SECTION 54—MISCELLANEOUS. 


Pe DULL DING ss aAnrTONOT PROPECL BEYOND BUILD- 
ING LINE. The face of any wall pilaster or column of any build- 
ing above the level of its main water table shall not project beyond 
the' building line, except as hereinafter provided. The plinths pil- 
asters, columns, porticoes or entrances of buildings may extend not 
to exceed twenty-five inches and such porticoes or entrances shall 
not be over one story in height, but no such extensions shall be al- 
lowed on sidewalks of less than fifteen feet in width. ; 


Oriel or balcony windows shall not project more than three 
feet beyond the property line and shall not be less than twelve 
feet above the sidewalk. 


2. IRON BARS AND POSTS. Temporary iron bars and 
wooden posts may be set on the side of a highway for the purpose 
of erecting guy lines or derricks; such bars and posts shall be re- 
moved at any time at the order of the Building Inspector. 


3. SMOKE HOUSES. Smoke houses shall not be built in 
any cellar and shall be constructed throughout of incombustible 
material and shall be provided with ventilation at or near the top, 
and with guards not less than four feet above the firebed, suffi- 
cient to prevent the meats from falling into the fire. If such 
smoke houses open into other buildings such openings shall be pro- 
tected by iron doors or shutters properly constructed. 


4, SCUTTLES ON FLAT ROOFS. Every building two or 
more stories in height shall have a scuttle through the roof not 
less than three feet long by two feet wide, or a bulkhead with a' 
door, and where located within the fire limits such scuttle shall be 
constructed of or covered with incombustible material. All scuttles 
or bulkhead shall have stationary ladders or stairs with strong 
hand rail leading to them, which shall at all times be kept free from 
obstructions and ready for use. 

In no cases shall the door in a bulkhead or scuttle be locked 
but it may be fastened on the inside by movable bolts or hooks. 


5. SKYLIGHTS. Every skylight in the fire limits shall have 
frames and sash constructed entirely of metal and shall be protect- 
ed by a substantial screen set twelve inches above glass and on 
the sides of sheet metal. A protecting screen shall also be placed 
on the inside where wired glass is not used. 


6.. FIREPROOF SHAVING VAULTS. No building within 
the fire limits shall be used or occupied in whole or in part, for 
planing-mill, sash, door, blind, wagon, carriage, cabinet and furnt- 


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ture, agricultural implement, box or shingle, carpenter, cooper, 
wood turning or veneering shop, factory, or any other woodwork 
factory or shop, unless it shall have a fireproof vault of sufficient 
capacity to contain all the shavings, sawdust, chips or other light 
combustible refuse produced therein; and such refuse shall be 
gathered each day and placed in the vault. In no event:shall the 
proprietors, owners or lessees of any such manufactory or shop al- 
low combustible refuse to accumulate upon any lot, or in any build- 
ings, except stored in such fireproof vault. 


7. RAINWATER LEADERS. Every building shall be pro- 
vided with proper leaders for conducting the water from the roof 
to the ground, storm sewer, street, gutter or dry well, in such man- 
ner as shall protect the walls and foundations from damage; and in 
no case shall roof water be allowed to flow upon the sidewalk. 


8. DECORATIONS IN STORES. It shall be unlawful to use 
cotton batting or similar substances in the show windows of stores 
for decorating purposes, and in no case shall combustible material 
be allowed in contact with lighting or electric appliances. 


9. PUBLIC HALL AND. CHURCH. EXITS. | lien yaaa 
hall and church, with accommodations for five hundred people or 
less shall have at least two separate and distinct exits, to be as far 
apart as may be practicable. No exit shall be less than five feet 
in width. Public halls and churches accommodating more than 
five hundred people shall have additional exits proportioned in the 
ratio of twenty inches in width for each additional one hundred 
people or fractional part thereof. ‘The aisles or passageways in 
such public halls and in all places of public assemblage shall at all 
times be kept clear and unobstructed. 


10. HEIGHT OF PUBLIC HALLS ABOVE GRADE 
portion of the main floor of any public hall not used as a theatre, 
and with accommodations for five hundred persons, shall be ele- 
vated to a greater height than thirty-five feet above the street 
grade, except in case of fireproof buildings. Public halls with ac- 
commodations for one thousand persons or ‘more shall have the 
main floor not more than twenty-five feet above the street grade, 
except in case of fireproof buildings. 


11. BRIDGING. All joists shall be double bridged in rows 
not over eight feet apart with one by four beveled bridging. Bear- 
ing partitions over ten feet high, shall be bridged horizontally. 


SECTION 55—AWNINGS. 
1. CLOTH AWNINGS. Cloth awnings may be erected over 


the sidewalk as a protection over doors and windows, such awnings © 
to be supported by substantial metal hangers and framework, pro- 
vided that no part of any such awning shall be nearer than seven 
feet from the sidewalk, nor shall project past the curb line. 


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2. INCOMBUSTIBLE AWNINGS. Stationary incombus- 
tible awnings may be erected not more than ten feet wide or not 
wider than the sidewalk. No part of such awning shall be nearer 
than ten feet from the sidewalk, providing that such awning shall 
be supported by rods or chains sufficient to sustain the same. 


3. WOOD AWNINGS. Light wood awnings may be erected 
on frame buildings in isolated localities at the discretion of the 
Building Inspector and are subject to removal at his request, pro- 
vided such awnings conform to requirements as to height and 


width. 
4. AWNINGS PREVIOUSLY ERECTED. Awnings that 


were erected prior to the passage of this Ordinance which do not 
conform to the requirements of same shall be changed to meet the 
requirements within six months from the passage of this Ordi- 
nance. 


SECTION 56. 


1. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person or. persons, 
firm or corporation, violating any of the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance, for which no penalty is hereinbefore named, shall be deemed 
- guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


ARTICLE II. 


Bee URICAL, CODE. 


Section. Section. 
57. Electrical Inspector. 62. Issuing Permits and Fees. 
58. Appointed by City Man- S21 Hixtures, and Ceiling 
ager. Fans. 
59. To Give Bond. 9. Window Reflectors. 
60. Duties of Electrical In- 10. Temporary Permits. 
spector. 11. Inspect New Wiring— 
61. Annual License of Elec- Notifications. 
tricians and Bond. 63. Board of Examiners, Ex- 
62. Issuing Permits and Fees. amination of Applicants. 
1. Open Work. 64. Certificate of Examina- 
2. New Work. tion; Fees. 
3. Motors and Genera- 65. Licenses—Grading of Li- 
tors. Celiscs: 
4. Electric Signs. 1. Grade A. 
5. Outlining. 2. Grade B. 
6. Bell Transformers. SoiGaraden@: 
7. Arc Lighting. 4. Grade D. 


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Section. 


65. 


. Architects 


. Additions 


Licenses—Grading of Li- 

censes—Cont. 

5. Licenses Granted for 
One Year. 


. Electrical Inspector to 


Have General Supervision. 


. National Electric Code to 


Govern. 


. Electrical Inspector to De- 


cide all Questions. 


. Certificate of Inspection. 
. Refusal to Issue. 

. Light Companies. 

. Furnace Work. Gas Fit- 


ting. 

and Builders. 
Instructions as to Chan- 
neling. Provisions for 
Plans. Pocketing. 


. Decisions Made by City 


Electrical Inspector. 


. Accidents. ) 
. Annual Inspection of Iso- 


lated Plants. 


. How to Wire Different 


Classes of Buildings. 
to Wiring 
Old Buildings. 


in 


. Switches and Switch 


Boards. 


Section. 


80. 
ls 


100. 


Conduit Connections to 
Switch Board. 

Conduit Wiring for Mo- 
tors. 


. Installation of Meters. 

. Feed Wires. 

. General Conduit Wiring. 

. General Wiring. 

. Repairs of Old Wiring. 

. Cabinets. 

. Wiring of Signs. 

. signs and Outlining. 

. Theatres. 

. Operator Must Stand at 


Lamp. 


. Moving Pictures. 
. Privileges 


of Electrical 
Inspector. | 


. Miscellaneous. 

. Assistants and Reports. 
. Liability of the City. 

. Penalty. 

. Penalty for Unlawfully 


Converting Electric Cur- 
rent. 


/.Penalty for Recétvemiea: 


Wrongfully Diverted Cur- 
rent. 

Penalty for ‘Tampering 
with Electric Current. 


Ordinance No. 753. Electric Current—To Prevent Un- 
lawful use of. 

Ordinance No. 760. Electrical Code. , 
Ordinance No. 1206. Creating Office Electrical Inspector. 


SECTION 57—ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. 


That there shall be and there is hereby created the office of 
Electrical Inspector. 


SECTION 58—APPOINTED BY CITY MANAGER. 


The Electrical Inspector shall be appointed by the City Man- 
ager and shall be subject. to removal by him. No person shall be 
eligible to the office of Electrical Inspector, unless such person 
shall have equipped himself by study or practical experience to 


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enable him to perform the duties as Electrical Inspector in accord- 
ance with the regulations set out in the building code of this City, 
and shall be a bona fide resident of the City of Muskogee, and over 
the age of twenty-one years. The salary of the Electrical Inspec- 
tor shall be fixed by the City Manager. 


SECTION 59—TO GIVE BOND. 


Immediately after his appointment and confirmation, the Elec- 
trical Inspector shall be, and is hereby required to give a bond to 
the City of Muskogee in the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dol- 
lars, with a responsible Surety Company as surety, conditioned for 
the faithful performance of his duties as such Electrical Inspector, 
and the faithful accounting to the City of all moneys coming into 
his hands and belonging to said City, which bond shall be approved 
by the City Manager and Council, and filed with the City Clerk. 


SECTION 60—DUTIES OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. 


It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector under the direc- 
tion of the City Manager to enforce the provisions, rules and regu- 
lations created by any and all ordinances relating to electrical 
Wiring, work and appliances in the City of Muskogee. He shall 
inspect and have supervision over the installation of all electrical 
work, wiring and appliances installed in said City as is now or may 
be required of him by any ordinances of the City of Muskogee. 
He shall keep an accurate daily record of all notices issued, appli- 
cations filed, permits granted, and work inspected. He shall issue 
a certificate of approval of all work inspected and approved by him, 
collect all fees for inspections, and permits and pay over the same 
daily to the City Treasurer. He shall cause the arrest of all persons 
violating the provisions of ordinances relating to or regulating 
electrical wiring work and appliances, and shall do and perform 
any and all things and duties properly belonging to the office of 
Electrical Inspector, and such other duties as may hereafter be 
prescribed for him by ordinance. 


SECTION 61—ANNUAL LICENSE TO ELEC- 
TRICIANS AND BOND. 


That all companies, firms and corporations or individuals (ex- 
cept public telephone, telegraph and messenger call companies 
operating under a franchise granted by the City of Muskogee) en- 
gaged in the business of running or installing electric wires or 
conductors inside of any building within the corporate limits of the 
City of Muskogee (except central stations, power-houses, sub- 
stations or car barns) for the purpose of transmitting electrical 
currents for electric light, heat or power, gas lighting systems, 
house annunciators, burglar alarms, electric bell buzzers, electric 


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signal systems, private telephone, telegraph or messenger call sys- 
tems, lighting fixtures, or installing electric apparatus of any na- 
ture, kind or description, shall first procure from the Inspector of 
Licenses, upon recommendation of the Electrical Inspector, a li- 
cense of such class as pertains to and regulates such installation, 
or grade of electrical work thereof; Provided, that before such a 
recommendation shall be given by the Electrical Inspector, the 
company, firm, corporation or individual applying for said license, 
shall give bond to the City of Muskogee, in the sum hereinafter 
provided and required for said grade of license, conditioned that 
they will in good faith, perform all things required of them under 
the provisions of this Ordinance. 


SECTION 62—ISSUING PERMITS AND FEES FOR SAME. 


That all companies, firms, co-partnerships, corporations or 
individuals (except public telephone, telegraph and messenger call 
companies operating under a regular franchise granted by the City 
of Muskogee, and already under bond to the City of Muskogee) 
who desire to have electric wiring, electric fixtures, appliances or 
apparatus installed in or on any building (except central stations, 
power-houses and sub-stations belonging to the Electric Light or 
Street Railway Companies operating under a franchise) shall pro- 
cure a permit from the Electrical Inspector. The term “Electric 
Wiring” is intended to mean the installation of electric wires, fix- 
tures, appliances or apparatus used or to be used in any building for 
the purpose of transmitting electrical current for electric light, 
heat or power, gas lighting systems, house annunciators, burglar 
alarms, electric bells, electric signals, private telephone, telegraph, 
messenger call systems, lighting fixtures or installing electrical 
apparatus of any nature, kind or description. Permits must be 
taken out for the installation of all electric bells, buzzers, annunci- 
ators, private telephone, signal systems, and all other electrical 
apparatus, and the Electrical Inspector will have jurisdiction over 
the installation and inspection of same, but where the voltage does 
not exceed 48, no inspection fee for same will be charged. Where 
fixtures and other apparatus are taken out to be repaired, permits 
must be taken out to re-install same, except when the voltage to 
operate does not exceed 48. In order to procure a permit for the 
installation of electric wiring, the said companies, firms, co-partner- 
ships, corporations or individuals shall, before having any elec- 
trical work commenced, or any addition made to any old wiring, 
make written application to the Electrical Inspector, and shall pay 
the said Electrical Inspector, the fee required by the following 
schedule: 


1. OPEN WORK. For open work, fees will be charged as 
for fixtures. In open work where circuits are wired in without 
any fittings attached, a fee of 25c for first circuit will be charged 
and 10c for each additional circuit. 


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2. NEW WORK. From one to ten outlets for new work 
the sum of $1.00 will be charged; for each additional outlet 10c. 
For one outlet only or complete with fixture on old work 25c; for 
each additional outlet 10c. If, for any reason after a permit has 
been issued, it is necessary to install additional outlets, a fee as in 
addition to new work will be charged. 


3. MOTORS AND GENERATORS. For electric motors, ex- 
cepting those that are portable, $1.50 each; for electric generators 
used for light and power purposes including switch board and con- 
nections from generator, $4.00 each. When motors are changed 
where new wiring is not installed for same, a fee of 50c will be 
charged. A fee of $1.50 will be charged for Rectifiers. 


4. ELECTRIC SIGNS. For each electric sign, a fee of $1.00 
will be charged where the total number of lamps does not exceed 
thirty-two, and 50c per hundred, or fraction thereof in excess of 
thirty-two. Two sockets in a transparency will be classed as one 
outlet,in procuring permit, and a fee of 50c will be charged; more 
than two sockets in a transparency will be classed as a sign. 


5. OUTLINING. In outlining, fee will be on same basis as 
charges for signs. 


6. BELL TRANSFORMERS. Bell ringing transformers 
must be installed in fire proof cabinets or enclosures, and a fee of 
50c will be charged for their inspection. 


7. ARC LIGHTING. Either series or incandescent for one 
or two arc lights, $1.00 will be charged, for three arc lights and 
more than. four, $1.50, for each arc light in excess of four, 25c. 
This rate to be for arc lights either connected to old outlets or 
when new installations are made. Vapor lamps, x-rays and spark 
coils, will be classed as arc lamps when procuring permits, and the 
same fees charged therefor. 3 

8. FIXTURES AND CEILING FANS. Twenty-five cents 
will be charged for first fixture or ceiling fan, and 10c for each 
additional fixture or ceiling fan installed. Three cord drops or 
receptacles or part thereof will be charged as for one fixture. 

9. WINDOW REFLECTORS. Window reflectors will be 
classed as signs and not as fixtures in procuring permits, and the 
same fees charged therefor. For theater switchboards, a fee of 
$2.00 will be charged for boards of 100 amperes capacity or less, 
and 1c for each ampere in excess of 100. 


When cabinets are moved, a fee of 50c will be charged for 
their inspection. 

Where meter loops are moved from present location, the in- 
spection fee shall be 50c. 

When. circuits are moved, a charge of 50c will be made for 
inspection of first circuit and 10c for each additional circuit. 

A fee of $1.00 will be charged for inspecting moving picture 
machine and booth. 


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10. TEMPORARY PERMITS. A fee of $1.00 will be charged 
for temporary permits, same not to extend over a period of 30 days. 

Regular fees will be charged where wiring is changed for in- 
surance purposes. 


All permits must be taken out before work is started and im- 
mediately upon completion, notification for inspection must be 
made in writing. When addition or change is made to work, that 
a certificate has been issued on, where a permit was not issued 
for the addition, the original certificate must be cancelled and the 
regular fee charged for re-inspecting the original and additional 
work. 


11, INSPECT NEW WIRING. NOTIFICATIONS. No 
alteration or change shall be made in the wiring of any building, 
nor shall any building be wired for electric lights, motors, heating 
devices, or any other electrical apparatus of whatever nature, nor 
shall electrical apparatus be installed without first securing from 
the Electrical Inspector a written permit as provided for. When 
alteration or change is made in wiring of any building, or any new 
wires or electric apparatus are installed, it shall be the duty of the 
company, firm, corporation or individual, doing or having work 
done to notify in writing the Electrical Inspector immediately after 
completing such work, that the work is ready to inspect. On re- 
ceipt of the notice, the Electrical Inspector shall inspect said work 
and issue a certificate when it complies with all the rules govern- 
ing the work under which it is classed. On business blocks, hotels 
and apartment houses, an inspection will be made of different sec- 
tions of the work at the discretion of the Electrical Inspector, in 
order not to delay the other work in the construction of the build- 


ing. 


SECTION 63—BOARD OF EXAMINERS. .EXAMINA- 
TION OF APPLICANTS. 


There is hereby created a Board of Examiners to pass upon 
the qualifications of all persons doing electrical wiring or electrical 
work in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Said Board shall con- 
sist of three (3) members, one of whom shall be the Electrical 
Inspector of said City, who shall be ex officio Chairman of said 
Board; the second member shall be an Electrical Contractor, and 
the third member shall be a Journeyman Electrician. The second 
and third member of said Board shall be appointed by the City 
Council, to serve without compensation and hold their 
office at the pleasure of the Council. 

It shall be the duties of the members of said Board, under such 
rules and regulations as they shall prescribe, to hold meetings at 
such times and in such places as may be fixed by said Board for 
the purpose of passing upon the qualifications of parties desiring 
to do electrical wiring or electrical work within the City of Mus- 
kogee. 


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SECTION 64—CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION, FEES. 


Any person, whether employer or employee, except helpers, 
before engaging in electrical wiring or electrical work in the City 
of Muskogee shall apply to said Board and pass an examination as 
to his competency as an electrician, and if on examination such 
applicant is found competent to do electrical wiring and electrical 
work, said Board of Examiners shall issue a certificate of examina- 
tion to such applicant authorizing him to engage in electrical wir- 
ing and electrical work in said City. The fee for examination of 
each applicant shall be One ($1.00) Dollar, payable in advance, and 
shall be retained by said City whether the applicant passes the 
examination or not. 


SECTION 65—LICENSES. GRADING OF LICENSES. 


Licenses of four different grades will be issued under the head 
of “Electric Wiring Licenses.” 

First Grade “A”. General Contractors License. 

Second Grade “B”. Contractors License for apparatus and 
wires not using over 48 volts. 

dhird Grade. “C”’.)) Blectricians: License. 

Fourth Grade “D”. Journeyman Electricians License. 

heGRADE “A®UICENSE.: | Hlectrical License known ‘as 
Grade “A” shall grant the holder thereof the right and privilege 
to contract for the installation of, or to himself install, (provided 
he has passed the required examination before the Board of Exam- 
iners), electric wires for the transmission of electric energy, for 
the purpose of electric light, heat and power, or any electrical ap- 
paratus of whatsoever nature. A Surety bond shall be required 
from such licensee in the sum of $1,000.00, said bond to be executed 
as provided for in this ordinance. 


| 2. GRADE “B” LICENSE. Grade “B” License shall grant 
the holder thereof the right to contract for the installation in any 
building within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee of 
electric wires, conductors, and the apparatus connected thereto, 
for the purpose of house annunciators, buzzers, electric bells, burg- 
lar alarms, private telephone, telegraph and messenger call sys- 
tems, gas lighting systems, or any apparatus of whatsoever char- 
acter; provided that in no instance shall the maximum difference 
of electrical potential between the two points of said system, ex- 
ceed 48 volts. A surety bond shall be required from said licensee 
-in the sum of $500.00, said bond to be executed as provided for in 
said ordinance. 

Suu Ona @ wWEICUNSE a Grade: CG” license) shall grant 
the holder thereof the right and privilege to care for, while operat- 
ing isolated plants, motors and dynamos of any capacity, to wire, 
change, or alter any electrical apparatus or conductor, (excepting 
‘meter, meter connections and services owned by other Light Com- 


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panies) that may be confined to any building, single plant or build- 
ings under one management or ownership, and which must be defi- 
nitely specified in each license, issued under this class. 

4. GRADE “D” LICENSE. Grade “D” License known as 
Journeyman Electricians License, shall grant the holder thereof 
the right and privilege to do electrical work, of any nature what- 
soever in or on any building in the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, provided he has passed a ‘satisfactory examination be- 
fore the Board of Examiners, and said examination certificate shall 
constitute said license. 


5. LICENSE GRANTED FOR ONE YEAR. All licenses and 
certificates of examination shall be granted for a period of one 
year, and the Board of Examiners may require a re-examination 
before the renewal of any expired license or certificate of examina- 
tion shall be granted, upon recommendation of the Electrical In- 
spector. 


SECTION 66—ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR TO HAVE 
GENERAL SUPERVISION. 


The Electrical Inspector and his assistants are hereby author- 
ized, empowered and directed to regulate, determine and have 
general supervision over all electrical apparatus, and the stringing, 
placing and attaching of electric light, power, telephone, telegraph 
and all other electric wires of any nature whatsoever now or here- 
after placed in or upon, or in any manner directly attached to any 
building, or to any airdome or other similar temporary structure 
in the City of Muskogee, except such wires, and the motors, gen- 
erators and other apparatus belonging to any Electric Light, 
Street Railway or Telephone Company that are under their con- 
trol. 


SECTION 67—NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE TO GOVERN. 


The Electrical Inspector, or one of his assistants shall inspect 
and re-inspect all electrical apparatus and wires which they con- 
sider to be of sufficient importance or hazard to require such in- 
spection. The National Board of Fire Underwriter’s Rules and 
Regulations known as the “National Electric Code”, their list of 
approved fittings, and such pamphlets and lists of approved fit- 
tings as are published by them from time to time will govern all 
electrical installations, except such special rules as are contained 
in this Ordinance. 


SECTION 68—ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR TO DECIDE 
ALL QUESTIONS. 

The Electrical Inspector shall decide all questions not pro- 
vided for in this Ordinance, pertaining to the installation of all 
electric wires and apparatus, and his decision shall be final and 
binding. 


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SECTION 69—CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION. 


On the completion of the work covered by a permit in accord- 
ance with the rules of this Ordinance and to the satisfaction of the 
Electrical Inspector, said Electrical Inspector shall issue a certifi- 
cate of inspection. In this certificate, said Electrical Inspector 
shall certify that the work is in accordance with the rules govern- 
ing the respective class to which it belongs, as specified by this 
Ordinance. Whenever a permit is issued for an addition to old 
work that does not conform to the rules as laid down in this Ordi- 
nance, the Electrical Inspector shall issue a statement that the 
new work complies with the rules, but that a certificate cannot 
be issued for its connection to the old work, as the old work does 
not comply with the rules of the Ordinance. 


SECTION 70—CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION, REFUSALS 
TO ISSUE INSPECTION OF OLD WORK. 


The Electrical Inspector is hereby given the authority to 
refuse to issue a permit for any addition, or any extension to any 
wiring system in or on any building, where in his opinion the wir- 
ing is in an unsafe condition. If, after a permit is issued, the work 
for any reason covered by the permit does not comply with the 
rules of this Ordinance, the Electrical Inspector may refuse to 
issue a certificate of inspection, and all owners of buildings, all 
electric light, heat and power companies, are ordered not to have 
connection made, nor to connect to any building without having 
a certificate of inspection, or the written permission from the Elec- 
trical Inspector, if the work is of a class considered by him reason- 
ably safe, but in his opinion not entitled to a certificate of inspec- 
tion. Upon application of any owner or tenant, the Electrical In- 
spector shall inspect or cause to be inspected any old wiring or 
electrical apparatus in their building within the corporate limits of 
the City of Muskogee, upon the payment of the fee covering such 
work, and shaii issue a certificate if the work is in accordance with 
the rules of this Ordinance. In case the work does not comply 
with the Ordinance he shall issue a written statement as to the 
changes necessary to bring the work up to the code and the stand- 
ard as required by the provisions of this Ordinance. A certificate 
will not be issued under any circumstances on work that is con- 
cealed in such a manner that it cannot be inspected. 


SECTION 71—CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION. LIGHT 
COMPANIES MUST HAVE CERTIFICATES BEFORE 
CONNECTING. LIGHT COMPANIES MUST 
OBTAIN PERMIT TO WIRE. 


No electric light, or heat and power companies shall do any 
wiring of any nature in or on any building” (excepting power- 
houses, sub-stations and buildings of electric hght, heat and power 


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companies operating under a franchise granted by the City of 
Muskogee) for which a permit has not been issued, or to make 
any electrical connections to any building until a certificate stat- 
ing that the wiring is approved, has been issued by the Electrical 
Inspector. All firms, corporations or individuals whether operat- 
ing under a regular franchise granted by the City of Muskogee, or 
not, shall upon written notice from the Electrical Inspector, dis- 
connect from any service or circuit as designated by said office, 
and shall not re-connect said service or circuit except upon written 
notice from the Electrical Inspector. 


SECTION 72—FURNACE WORK COMPLETED BEFORE WIR: 
ING IS FINISHED. GAS FITTING COMPLETED BEFORE 
WIRING IS FINISHED. LICENSE NECESSARY FOR ALL 
WIRING. LABELS SHOWING ON SERVICE SWITCH 
WHETHER WIRING IS APPROVED OR CONDEMNED. 
LATHING IS FORBIDDEN UNTIL WIRING IS AP= 
PROVED. STEAMFITTING IN PLACE BEFORE WIRING 
IS COMPLETED. 


It shall be unlawful for owners, contractors, or workmen, not 
holding a license to do electrical work, to in any manner interfere 
with any electric wiring or apparatus in or on any building, tent, 
airdome or other structure, in any manner whatsoever. If for any 
reason the wiring is in such a position as to interfere with the 
progress of any work, the Electrical Contractor must be notified 
to have it changed. No wood or metal is to be placed within one 
inch of any concealed electrical conductor. On inspecting the elec- 
trical wiring of any building, or other structure, the Electrical In- 
spector or his qualified representative shall leave a notice in the 
form of a tag or label attached to the service switch. This notice 
shall clearly state that the work has been passed upon by the Elec- 
trical Inspector, and no workman shall lath, ceil or in any manner 
conceal any electrical wiring until they know positively that it has 
been so inspected and approved. The Electrical Inspector must in 
all cases inspect, or cause to be inspected by a qualified represen- 
tative, all electric wiring within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee within 48 hours of the receipt of written notice from the 
Electrical Contractor that the work is completed. (Holidays and 
Sundays not included in this time.) All steam fitting, furnace 
work, gas fitting and telephone wiring which is to be concealed, 
must be in place before the electric wiring will be inspected, and 
such wiring will not be considered as completed until the above 
work referred to is in place. 


SECTION 73—ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS. INSTRUC- 
TIONS AS TO CHANNELING, PROVISIONS FOR 
PLANS. POCKETING. 


Architects and Builders are required, when drawing plans and 
specifications, to make provisions for channeling and pocketing 


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of buildings for such electrical conductors as may be required by 
the Electrical Inspector, and to state definitely in such specifica- 
tions, and mark on such plans, the location of all light, switch 
(except main line switch and cut-out) and other openings, and 
state definitely in watts the capacity of each outlet. Architects 
and Builders are required to furnish such plans and specifications 
of proposed work as may be deemed necessary by the Electrical 


Eee before a permit for such plans and specifications will be 
issued. 


SECTION 74—DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE CITY 
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. 


The Electrical Inspector is hereby deemed the sole judge ‘of 
what constitutes the proper installation, and the safe insulation of 
electric conductors and apparatus, within or on buildings in the 
City of Muskogee, and is hereby authorized to make such rules 
and regulations of a technical nature, as may be deemed necessary 
to make such conductors and appliances as safe as possible. The 
National Electric Code, and their list of approved fittings shall 
govern all electrical installations and apparatus, except in those 
cases where conditions may warrant a deviation therefrom. 


SECTION 75—ACCIDENTS. SUPERVISIONS FOR THE PRE: 
, VENTION OF. 


The Electrical Inspector is hereby authorized, empowered and 
directed to have general supervision over the placing, stringing or 
attaching of telegraph, telephone, electric light or other wires with- 
in, or on any building or buildings within the City of Muskogee, 
and such lights, wires and electrical apparatus now existing as well 
as those hereafter constructed and placed, shall be subject to such 
supervision. Whenever any electrical wire or other piece of elec- 
trical apparatus shall for any reason become defective or danger- 
ous, the Electrical Inspector shall at once notify the owner or agent 
thereof to repair or remove the same, and upon the failure to com- 
ply with such notice within twenty-four hours after service thereof, 
the Electrical Inspector shall cause such defective or dangerous 
wire or apparatus to be removed or repaired at the expense of the 
said owner or agent, and the said owner or agent shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not less than 
$5.00, and each day after the expiration of the time limited by said 
notice, and until the time when the cost of repairing said wire or 
apparatus shall have been paid, shall constitute a separate offense, 


SECTION 76—ANNUAL INSPECTION OF 
ISOLATED PLANT. 


It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to inspect an- 
nually all isolated electric light plants now in operation in the City 


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or hereafter installed, or oftener, if application therefor is made 
by: the owner of such plant, or his agent, and he shall order any 
dangerous or defective machinery, wires or appliances found there- 
in or attached thereto removed or remedied immediately at the ex- 
pense of said owner or agent. 


SECTION 77—HOW TO WIRE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF 
BUILDINGS. NEW BUILDINGS ALL ELECTRIC WIR:- 
ING DONE INSIDE OF THE CITY FIRE LIMITS SHALL 
BE PUT IN CONDUIT OR METAL MOULDINGS. 


Buildings of one story where there are one or more apart- 
ments, must each be wired for separate service. 

Wiring for light, heat or power in all buildings hereafter 
erected, and all new additions to buildings, within the City Fire 
Limits shall be installed as a conduit system. All buildings here- 
after erected for mercantile purposes, all churches, schools, public 
buildings, apartment houses, garages, hotels, hospitals, livery 
stables, factories, hay barns, flour mills, grain elevators, and all 
buildings to be used for public entertainment within the City Lim- 
its of the City of Muskogee shall have all- wiring for light, heat 
and power installed as a complete conduit system. All changes: or 
additions to wiring used for light, heat or power inside of the City 
Fire Limits shall be in conduit or metal moulding, and all changes 
or additions to conduit or metal moulding wiring within the City 
Limits shall be in conduit or metal moulding. 

The term electric wiring herein used is meant to cover all wir- 
ing used for electric current of whatever nature, exclusive of wir- 
ing using 48 volts or less. 


SECTION 78—ADDITIONS TO WIRING IN OLD BUILDINGS. 


When old buildings are to be wired for the use of electricity 
or when additional lights are to be installed on knob and tube wires, 
when no alteration or remodeling of the building is contemplated, 
such wiring may be installed complete in approved flexible metal 
conduit. This class of buildings may have additional lights in- 
stalled in the same manner. 


SECTION 79—SWITCHES AND SWITCH BOARDS. | 


On private residences main line switch and cut-out must be 
installed in rear room or hallway on first floor where rear entrance 
door is located. 

Conduit must be installed for all services. 

Every service must be provided with one main line switch. 

Service switch must be placed seven feet from floor in a posi- 
tion where person operating same cannot come in contact with 
grounded metal parts. 


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SECTION 80—CONDUIT CONNECTIONS TO SWITCH BOARD. 


Conduit must be extended as close as possible to switch board 
and be provided at end of pipe with approved condulet or other 
equal fitting. 

Underground wires running from dynamo to switch board 
must be wired with lead cable encased in approved duct. Said 
duct must be sealed on end to prevent dirt or moisture from enter- 
ing conduit. 

Automatic controllers for elevator motors are to be considered 
as switch boards in wiring with conduit. 


SECTION 81—CONDUIT WIRING FOR MOTORS. 


Wiring on motors must be figured 25 per cent above rated 
horse power. 

All switches and rheostats controlling motors are to be in- 
stalled in iron cabinets in regular manner. 

Rheostats must be installed within sight of motor where prac- 
tical. When out of sight of motor controlling switch must be 
placed at motor. 

Compensators must be installed on all single phase motors of 
5 horse power capacity and over, and all three phase motors of 
_ 7 1-2 horse power capacity and over. 


SECTION 82—INSTALLATION OF METERS. 


One meter loop at least must be installed on each building not 
more than 7 feet from floor and as near as practical to the point 
where the feeders enter the building. 

Where there is more than one meter loop, same must be-plain- 
ly tagged inside and out of cabinet. In doing new work wiremen 
are required to plainly mark inside of cabinet the number of out- 
lets on each circuit, or the load in watts or amperes, and when any 
additional load is added, tag in box must be marked accordingly. 

' Main line switch and cut-out must protect this meter loop. 

All meter loops must be left open and must not be connected 
by any one without a written order from the company supplying 
the current. 

All wires for meter loops must be at least 18 inches long. 


SECTION 83—FEED WIRES. 


Only one set each of light and power wires will be allowed to 
enter any one building. (See exception in Section 80.) Nothing 
smaller than No. 12 B. & S. gauge wire will be allowed for feed 
wires. 

In figuring size of feed wires each branch cut-out must be 


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figured at six amperes, whether the same cut-out is loaded or not; 
two per cent drop only will be allowed from main line switch to 
the farthest lamp at full load. 


Where entering buildings feed wires, where practicable, must 
be installed at least three feet from any door, window or porch 
roof. 


All wiring in buildings having installation of over six amperes 
must be wired on a three wire system. 


Three wire feeds must enter through three wire condulet with 
porcelain cap or some similar device, neutral wire of which must 
always be the middle wire. 


Two wire feeds must enter through two wire condulet with 
porcelain cap or some similar device. 


SECTION 84—GENERAL CONDUIT WIRING. 


The National Electric Code rules on conduit will govern all 
installation of same. 


All pipe must be properly reamed and inspected before in- 
stalled. 


All pipes must be double locknutted to outlet boxes, flush 
switch boxes, junction boxes, cabinet boxes and panel boxes. Con- 
duit bushing must be placed on end of pipe to protect wire. All 
pipe work must be complete and no wire drawn in same until after 
the mechanical work on the buildings that is liable to injure pipe 
is completed; this includes all plaster work. 


Paragraph four, Section twenty-four of the National Electric 
Code will govern the installation of all vertical conduit risers. 


All outlet and junction boxes must be installed so that same are 
readily accessible. 


Conduit must always be complete from outlet to outlet; the 
entire conduit system must be permanently and mechanically 
grounded to water pipe so that short circuit will operate heaviest 
fuse or circuit breaker. Said ground should be made as near as 
possible to main line switch box. 


Ground wire must not be smaller in circular mills than one-half 
the main feed wire. Approved ground clamps only will be allowed 
in grounding conduit. 


Where cut-outs for signs are installed in buildings, all wires 
may be run from cut-outs to sign in one pipe. Two or more cir- 
cuits may be run in single pipe for large chandeliers, but no lights 
must be tapped off feed wires for same between fuse blocks and 
chandeliers. 


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SECTION 85—GENERAL WIRING. 


Outlet boards must be installed on all outlets. 
Spliced wires will not be allowed in conduit or mouldings. 
All joints must be mechanically strong, soldered and taped 

with both rubber and friction tape. When same are found un- 
soldered inspector will require all joints untaped and left untaped 
for his inspection until such joints are soldered. Same rule will 
govern joints where rubber tape is omitted. 

Cut-outs and switches must be placed on side walls not over 
seven feet above the floor and under no circumstances in the ceil- 
ing unless permission in writing be granted by the Electrical In- 
spector. 

Cord drops must not extend below six feet from floor, and 
must hang free from rosettes. Knots must not be tied in same. 
Adjusters approved by the Electrical Inspector will be allowed 
where.necessary. 

Reinforced portable cord must be used on all pendant switches, 
where knobbed on ceiling to clear shade of lamp, sufficiently heavy 
to carry all current used. 

Where portable cord drops for lights, fan motors and other 
devices are used, reinforced portable cord must be installed on same. 

All sockets installed in bath rooms, cellars or basements must 
be of approved porcelain type. 

All bath room lights must be controlled by a wall switch. 

Cut-out cabinets must not be installed in bath rooms. 

Wiring must be completed before final approval; this includes 
the installation of proper size fuses. 

In figuring drop voltage four candle power lamps will be fig- 
ured twenty watts, eight candle power lamps thirty watts, sixteen 
candle power lamps fifty watts, and thirty-two candle power lamps 
eighty watts. 

On inside wiring two per cent drop only will be allowed from 
main line switch to last lamp on circuit. 

' On outlining and signs three per cent drop will be allowed 
under same conditions. 


SECTION 86—REPAIRS OF OLD WIRING. 

When any addition, alteration or extension is made in any 
manner to old wiring in buildings, or when fixtures are installed, 
the following rules must govern said installation. 

Branch cut-outs must be removed from clothes closets. Where 
branch cut-outs are in bath room they may remain if parties install- 
ing fuse cannot come in contact with grounded metal parts of bath 
room. 

All old type cut-outs without covers must be changed to ap- 
proved type. ay te 

Circuits must not be over loaded. Over loaded circuits must 
be divided so that not more than 660 watts are dependent upon one 


cut-out. 


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Where fixtures are installed or re-connected all outlets must 
be loomed, also gas pipe must be loomed or taped, extending above 
insulating joint. 


Where combination fixtures are installed in old houses, they 
must be provided with insulating joints. If old insulating joints are 
in good condition, they may remain; if not, approved type must be 
used. 

All fuses must be removed from canopies. 

Where cut-outs are changed from present location they must 
be installed in fire-proof cabinets; additional cut-outs must be in- 
stalled in fire-proof cabinets with cut-outs already in. 

Any deviation from these rules must be given in writing by 
the Electrical Inspector. 

Fitting must be used on metal moulding and flexible metal 
conduit. 


SECTION 87—CABINETS. 


All cabinets must be complete, with no extra holes therein 
when work is completed. 

All cabinets, boxes and panel cabinets must conform to the 
National Electric Code. 

National Code rules will govern the spacing and manufacture 
of all panel boxes. 

All switches and cut-outs in cabinets and panel boxes must be 
installed so that. live parts will clear door of cabinet at least one 
inch when door is closed. 

All switches must be installed in cabinets and panel boards 
so that door will close either when switch is closed or open. 

Doors of said cabinets and panel boxes must swing from side 
or top of box and never from the bottom. 

In no instance will more than 660 watts be allowed on one 
circuit. 

Cord drops, cut-outs or arc lamps of any description will not 
be permitted in show windows. 

Decorative and ‘window lights are to be controlled and pro- 
tected by main line switch and cut-out that control main feed 
wires in building. 


SECTION 88—WIRING OF SIGNS. 


Frames of all electric signs and transparencies must be made 
of non-combustible material. Connections from cabinet box must 
be in flexible metal or iron armored conduit. 

Feeds for signs and transparencies that are installed on roof 
of building, must be supported on trestles seven feet above the roof 
or in approved flexible metal conduit or iron armored conduit. 

Switch for same may be installed at least 7 feet from ground 
on pole, or connected to main line switch on building. 


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SECTION 89—SIGNS AND OUTLINING. 


__ Where switches for signs and outlining are installed on street 
side of buildings, double pole snap switches up to 250 volts and 
thirty amperes may be used. Above 250 volts and thirty amperes 
approved double pole knife switches must be installed in cabinets. 

Where installed less than seven feet from the ground, they 
must be placed in cabinets. Approved. flush switches may be used 
instead of snap switches. 

Under this class of work, 1,320 watts will be allowed on one 
circuit, provided that when more than 660 watts are on a circuit 
nothing smaller than No. 12 B. & S. gauge wire will be allowed. 


SECTION 90—THEATRES. 


During each and every performance a licensed electrician 
must stand at stage switch board or close enough to it to be able 
at all time to operate said board. 

In case it becomes necessary to leave switch board, he must 
appoint a substitute in his place. 

The licensed electrician has full charge of all electricians at 
work on the stage and theater, electricians with traveling com- 
panies included, and must at all times see that this Ordinance is 
enforced. 

The electrician in charge is held responsible for all electrical 
apparatus used on stage and must not allow any unsafe electrical 
apparatus to be used. 

Each arc lamp must be operated by one man. The arc of such 
lamp must at all times be enclosed in metal and wire mesh. 


SECTION 91—OPERATOR MUST STAND AT LAMP. 


No exposed wires (except stage cable and reinforced window 
cable) or exposed current carrying metal part of apparatus will be 
allowed to be used. 

Commercial lamp cord of any description must not be used 
except for low voltage battery current. 

Reinforced portable cord may be used on portable fans, table 
lamps and wall brackets where not more than 250 watts are de- 
pendent on one cable. 

Stage scenery must never be placed on stage cable or rein- 
forced portable cord, and such cable must be always in good condi- 
tion. 

Lamp guards must be placed around incandescent lamps when 
such lamps are closer than two inches to any inflammable material. 

All portable switch boards, rheostats and fuses must be in- 
stalled in iron cabinets, and when in use must have an attendant; 
when not in use, cabinets must be closed. ? 


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SECTION 92—MOVING PICTURES. 


Licensed electricians only will be allowed to operate moving 
picture machines, and all operators must be 18 years of age or 
older. A monthly inspection must be made of all moving picture 
shows, and operators will be classed as Grade “C” in procuring li- 
cense, except where there are more than one show under one man- 
agement, then only one operator will be required to take out Grade 
“C” License, provided the holder of Grade “C” License does all the 
wiring, altering and repairing of the shows under the above named 
management. Operators must not leave picture machine in charge 
of substitute unless such substitute is a licensed operator and 18 
years of age or older. 

Smoking is prohibited within the enclosure in which the mov- 
ing picture machine is operated. 

‘The use of any fire or open light is prohibited in the lamp 
room during the time the audience is in the building. 

No person but the operator in charge of the moving picture 
machine shall be allowed in the lamp room during the time the 
picture machine is in use. 


SECTION 93—PRIVILEGES OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR. 


The Electrical Inspector in the discharge of his duties, may 
enter any building or premises at any time, and upon the refusal 
of any owner or agent to allow such inspection, as are required of 
the Electrical Inspector, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 


SECTION 94—MISCELLANEOUS. 


Architects and Builders when letting wiring contracts are re- 
quired to include in their specifications the installation of all main 
switches and branch blocks, and same must be installed when 
roughing-in work is done. 

All doors on cabinets must be hinged, and a lock or catch must 
be placed on them to keep door closed, and all Electrical Contrac- 
tors are to do or have the above named ‘work done. 

Special permission may be obtained from the Electrical In- 
spector for deviation from Section 13 for the wiring of office build- 
ings in connection with the construction of large buildings, also 
for the temporary wiring of fixtures, etc., for display or test sets, 
when confined to the place of business of Electrical Contractors. 

This Ordinance shall not prohibit the employing of a helper 
provided that at all times, said helper shall be under the immediate 
supervision and control of a Journeyman Electrician holding a li- 
cense, and at no time must a helper be left alone on any work. 

The fee for inspecting any wiring or apparatus for which no 


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fee is herein specifically stated, shall be 50c for the first 100 watts, 
or fraction thereof and 5c for each succeeding 100 watts or frac- 
tion thereof. 


The Electrical Inspector and Electric Light Company must be 
consulted as to the location of entrance wires for all buildings, ex- 
cept residences. 


__ All work must conform to plans and specifications insofar as 
said plans and specifications do not conflict with any of the provi- 
sions of this Ordinance. 


Wires in knob and tube work must be run in a straight line as 
near as possible and when a turn is necessary must be knobbed 
where turn is made, and work will not be approved where wires 
are angled through joists, causing a strain on end of tube and 
cutting insulation of conductors. 


SECTION 95—ASSISTANTS AND REPORTS. 


The City Manager is hereby authorized to appoint such as- 
sistants to the Electrical Inspector as may be necessary to carry 
on the -work of the Electrical Inspection Department. The Elec- 
trical Inspector shall on or before the 5th day of each month make 
a written report to the City Manager, showing all permits issued 
and fees collected by him during the preceding month. 


SECTION 96—LIABILITY OF THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE. 


This Ordinance shall not be so construed as to relieve from 
or lessen the responsibility of any person or persons, co-partner- 
ships or corporations, owning, operating or installing any electrical 
wires, appliances, apparatus, construction or equipment from dam- 
age to any one injured thereby; nor shall the City, or any officer, 
agent or employee thereof, be held as assuming any such liability 
by reason of anything authorized herein. 


SECTION 97—PENALTIES. 


Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provi- 
sions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be 
fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


SECTION 98—PENALTY FOR UNLAWFULLY CONVERTING 
ELECTRIC CURRENT. 


That any person who, without consent of any person, firm or 
corporation engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale of 
electricity, for public or private use, shall unlawfully and intention- 
ally convert to his own use or the use of another party, from any 


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wire or conductor of such person, firm or corporation, any portion 
of such electric current or electricity, or who shall unlawfully and 
intentionally prevent such current or any portion thereof from pass- 
ing through any meter provided for measuring the same by such 
person, firm or corporation, or who shall in any manner, unlawfully 
and intentionally, prevent such meter from registering correctly 
the current passing through it, or who shall by any appliance or 
connection consume and use, or convert to their use electricity or 
electrical current passing through any meter not installed for the 
person so using it, and without any contract or consent to the per- 
son so using it from the person, firm or corporation authorized to 
manufacture, distribute and sell electricity, or who shall make 
joint use of any meter registering electricity without first having 
obtained the consent of such person, firm or corporation, or any 
person who shall unlawfully and without the consent of such per- 
son, firm or corporation permit other persons to jointly use any 
meter put up for his or her use, or to permit any other person, 
without the consent of such person, firm or corporation, to use 
electrical current passing through and registered by the meter in- 
stalled for and used by such person, or who shall aid in any manner 
the unlawful conversion to his use, or the use of another, or any 
portion of such electric current, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ; 
and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than 


$19.95, | . 


SECTION 99—PENALTY FOR RECEIVER OF WRONGFULLY 
DIVERTED CURRENT. 


Any one who shall knowingly accept or receive the use and 
benefit of electric current which should pass through a meter but 
had been diverted therefrom, or which has been prevented from be- 
ing correctly registered by a meter provided therefor, or which has 
been diverted from the wires or conductors of a person, firm or cor- 
poration producing electricity for public or private use, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by 
a fine of not more than $19.95. 


SECTION 100—PENALTY FOR TAMPERING WITH 
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. 


Any person who shall unlawfully and maliciously destroy, injure 
or otherwise tamper with any engine, generator, dynamo, machin- 
ery, meter, pipe, conduit, line or pole belonging to any person, firm 
or corporation engaged in the production and sale of electricity, 
or shall destroy, injure or otherwise tamper with any wires, cables, 
lamps, or other apparatus placed upon poles belonging to or leased 
by such persons, firm or corporation, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine-of not 
more than $19.95. 


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113 


ARTICLE III. 


PLUMBING CODE. 


Section. 


101. 


102. 
103. 


104. 


Creating office plumbing. 
Inspector; Experience; 
Qualifications ; Appointed 
by City Manager. 
Duties. 
All work to conform to 
Ordinance; must be in- 
Sspected' and certificate 
issued. Must report all 
work for inspection. 
Inspection of finished 
work. 
All work must be inspect- 
ed. 


- Inspector shall issue cer- 


105. 
106. 


107. 


108. 


109. 


tificate of approval. 
Shall inspect work with- 
in four hours. 
Failure: Fees for inspec- 
tion plumbing work. 
Excavation and repairs. 


Must have permit to cut 


curb, sidewalk or pave- 
ment. 

Permits: Unlawful to 
proceed without per- 
mit. 

Fee. 

Indemnity Bond. 

Must file bond before do- 
ing work; renewed an- 
nually. 

Definitions. 

Branches. 

Outside water closets. 

House drain. 

Fixtures or fixture. 

Fixture, flow line of. 

Inspector. - 

Mains. 

Minor Repairs. 

Soil Pipe. 

Vent Pipe: 

Waste Pipe. 


Section. 
109. Definitions—Continued. 


110. 


Sewer. 

House Sewer. 
Private Sewer. 
Spacing. 

Slack. 

Size and Length. 
Trap, Seal of. 
Auxiliary Vent. 
Back Vent. 
Circuit Vent. 
Loop Vent. 

Soil or waste Vent. 


Must Conform to Rules 
and Regulations. 

(a) Must comply with 
sections preceding. 
Applications must be 
made and permits 
issued for all exten- 
sions. 

No work shall be 
covered up until in- 
spected. 

Time of filing appli- 
cations for inspec- 
tions. 


(b) 


(c) 


(d) 


(e) 


Time inspections 
shall be made. 


Permits issued when. 
Roughing-in, Sewer 
and Final Inspec- 
tions made, when. 


Must be tested in 
presence of In- 
spector; Shall not be 
concealed until in- 
spected and ap- 
proved. 


(f) 


(g) 


Manner of testing. 
plumbing. 


(h) 


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Section. 


MT 


dh 33 


114. 


Sewer Pipe. 

(a) Manner of laying. 

(b) Ditches Graded. 

(c) Backfilling Ditches. 

(d) Earthenware Pipes; 
where used. 

(e) Earthenware Pipe 
covering. 

(f) Defective joints or 
pipes rejected; Man- 
ner of making con- 
nections. 

(g) Old tile sewer to be 
removed. 

(h) Must be present 
when work is in- 
spected. 


. Water Pipe. 


(a) Sizes to be used. 
(b) Depth of water sup- 
ply. | 
Work to be done in com- 
pliance with rules. 
(a) Iron Pipe qualities. 
(b) Diameter and 
weights. 
(c) Fittings, quality. 
(d) Main stacks. 
(e) Floor Rests. 
(f) Pipe joints, Filling 
f 


of. 

(g) Pipe supports. Pipe 
Hooks prohibited. 

(h) Soil Vent Stacks, 
termination of. 

(1) Roof flashings. 

(j) Vent Pipes near 
openings. 

(k) Pipes outside build- 
ings. 

(1) Fittings, joints re- 
jected. 

(m) Brass Pipe. 

Method of connecting to 

soil and waste branches. 

(a) Water closets. 

(b) Waste connections 
allowed. 


Section. 


114. 


[Bish 


116. 


Method of connecting to 
soil and waste branches 
—Continued. 

(c) Lead Pipes. 

Quality within parti- 
titions. 

(d) Size of wastes and 
Vents Permitted. 

Traps—to conform to 

rules. 

(a) Traps, where located. : 
(b) Trap Revents—con- 
cealed partitions. 

(c) Connected wastes. 

(d) Laundry Tubs. 

(e) Bath Tubs—How 
trapped and vented. 

(f{) Soda fountains and 
bar wastes—how 
trapped. 

(g) Certain Wastes* Pro- 
hibited. 

(h) Floor Washers, Bell 
traps, Back water- 
valves. 

(1) Fountain  spittoons, 
how trapped. 

(j) Refrigerator wastes, 
sizes and traps. 

(k) Grease traps. 

(1) Stable racks. 

Hall Drains. 

(m) Exhaust, Blow-off 
and Drip Pipe con- 
nections. 

(n) Garage drains and 
catch basins. 

Sediment Pipe from 

house boiler. 

(a) Automatic flush 
Tanks for Urinals. 

(b) Water Closets, 
flushing. 

(c) Water Closet, out- 
door. | 


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Section. Section. 
117. Water Closets, Manner 119. Urinals, bath or water 
of Installing. closets; Light and venti- 
(a) Flushing Rim bowls. * lation. 
(b) Under Sidewalks. — 120. Extensions or alterations, 
(c) Prohibited: Remov- to be tested. 
als 121. Iocations inspected. 
(d) Prohibited: Re-in- 122. Roof gutters not to be 
stalled. connected with house 
(e) How Vented. drainage system. 
(f) Revents not re- 123. Violation; Delay. 
quired. (a) Work put in, in vio- 
(2), When set on: tloor, lation of this ordinance. 
connected how. (b) Unreasonable delay 
118. Urinals, How construct- in work; suspension 
ed, etc. of certificate. 
(a) Construction, Pro- 124. Work put in, in violation 
Iieditice: of ordinance; to be re- 
(b) Kind of material al- Shao Cc Ota Com iGg 
Pere under direction of Inspec- 
; tor. 
(c) Traps, wastes, sizes 125. Penalty. 
of. 126. Repealing No. 897. 
(d) How vented. 127. Validity. 


Ordinance 1285. 


SECTION 101. CREATING OFFICE PLUMBING. INSPEC- 
TOR; EXPERIENCE; QUALIFICATIONS; APPOINTED 
BY CITY MANAGER. 


The office of plumbing inspector for the city of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma is hereby created. The plumbing inspector shall have 
had not less than five years practical experience at the plumbing 
business, shall hold a certificate issued by some examining board 
of the State of Oklahoma, and shall not be interested either direct- 
ly or indirectly with any firm or corporation engaged in the plumb- 
ing business. He shall be appointed by the City Manager for a 
term of one year, and shall be paid such salary as may be deter-. 
mined by the City Manager. 


SECTION 102—DUTIES. 


It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to inspect all 
plumbing installed and furnish a certificate of approval of same, to 
sign and issue all notices and certificates and to pass on all plans 
submitted, to keep a daily record of this work, including all notices 


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issued, and applications received, the violation of these regulations, 
and all other matters which may pertain thereto; and to make a 
monthly report of his operatioys to the City Council. Said Inspec- 
tor may, as far as necessary in the performances of his duties enter, 
in the daytime, any building or premises inside the corporate lim- 
its of the City of Muskogee. 


SECTION 103—ALL WORK TO CONFORM TO ORDINANCE; 
MUST BE INSPECTED AND CERTIFICATE ISSUED. 
MUST REPORT ALL WORK FOR INSPECTION. 


All plumbing and drainage of buildings, and all sewer work 
inside of private property lines, in the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, 
must be done or installed in accordance with the provisions of this 
Ordinance, and must be inspected by the Plumbing Inspector and 
a certificate of inspection issued therefor, before the same may be 
used or connected with the public sewer or water pipe line, and all 
sewers and connections in streets or alleys of said City, must be 
inspected by the Plumbing Inspector of said City. 

Any person, firm or corporation doing any plumbing or sew- 
erage laying, must report the same to the said Plumbing Inspec- 
tor as soon as the job is ready for inspection, and must keep the 
same open for inspection until the inspection is completed. If such 
plumbing or sewerage passes inspection, a proper certificate of in- 
spection shall thereupon be issued by the proper officer, upon the 
payment of the fees therefor. 

Whenever the Plumbing Inspector shall have inspected drain 
pipes, soil pipes, waste or vent pipes in any building, he shall leave 
a notice in writing, attached to such pipe or pipes, in case the work 
of installing the same meets with his approval. In case the same 
does not meet with his approval, he shall refuse to leave such writ- 
ten notice. Until the Plumbing Inspector shall leave a written 
notice, as hereinabove provided, showing his approval of the in- 
stallation of the fixtures above named, it shall be unlawful for any 
person to lath, seal up, plaster, floor, or in any manner, or with 
any building material, conceal any plumbing, fixtures, or pipes. 


SECTION 104—INSPECTION OF FINISHED WORK. 


All plumbing installed in the City of Muskogee must be in- 
spected by the Plumbing Inspector, both in rough and when fin- 
ished. When the plumber has finished his plumbing job, such as 
the setting of all fixtures, he shall call the Plumbing Inspector for 
his approval, and the plumber must have job complete and ready 
for inspection. ~The water must be on, and all stop-and-waste and 
drain cocks must be in place, and everything to make the job com- 
plete and in working order according to this Ordinance. 

After the Plumbing Inspector has made finished inspection 
and placed his tag or label of approval on the fixtures of such job, 


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the plumber shall shut or cause the water to be shut off on such 
job, and the water shall be turned on by the City Water Depart- 
ment, and no other person, firm or corporation shall turn the water 
on. 


The Plumbing Inspector shall give certificate to the plumber 
or owner, on the completion of the roughing-in of plumbing job, 
where same is wanted, but water shall not be turned on job by 
this certificate until the Plumbing Inspector has stamped his ap- 
proval on same on completion of finished inspection. 


The regular form of certificate shall be used by the Plumbing 
Inspector, on the completion of roughing-in jobs and when job is 
finished complete and meets the approval of the Plumbing Inspec- 
tor, he shall placeia stamp across the face of the certificate stat- 
ing the job is ready for use, and then the water may be turned on. 

Whenever new fixtures are added, alterations or changes made 
to plumbing, or new jobs have been installed, the water shall be 
shut off and left off by the plumber or person doing the work, and. 
no person, firm or corporation shall turn on the water, or assist to 
turn on the water until a certificate of the inspection has been is- 
sued by the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Muskogee. All cer- 
tificates shall be turned over by the property owners to the Water 
Department when the water shall be turned on. 

It shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector in all cases, 
when notified, to inspect all plumbing, fixtures or pipes in connec- 
tion with sewerage, drainage, or gas work within four (4) hours 
after receipt of notice from the plumbing contractor, or person in 
charge, that such work is ready for inspection. Holidays and Sun- 
days shall not be computed in said four (4) hours. 


SECTION 105—FAILURE: FEES FOR INSPECTION PLUMB- 
ING WORK. 


’ Should the Plumbing Inspector fail to comply with the above 
requirements, the Plumber doing the work shall file with the City 
Manager, a written statement, that the inspection was not made 
within the above mentioned time. The fees for the inspection of 
plumbing work shall be as follows: 

For the first six (6) fixtures, Fifty (50) cents each, in excess 
- of six (6), up to and including twenty-four (24) Twenty-five (25) 
cents each; and for all in excess of twenty-four (24), Twelve and 
One half (12 1-2) cents each; provided the minimum fee for the 
inspection of both rough and finished work shall be One Dollar 
($1.50) and fifty cents, and for each extra inspection required One 
($1.00) Dollar. 

Regular fee shall be paid when permit is issued, and for extra 
inspection the fee shall be paid in advance. 

For one fixture only, in old buildings, the Plumbing Inspector 
may permit plumbing installations being made in conflict with 


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these rules and regulations, if, in his judgment, the work, material 
and methods provide a safe job from a sanitary standpoint. 


SECTION 106—EXCAVATIONS AND REPAIRS. 


No person, firm or corporation shall excavate or cause any ex- 
cavation, in any street, alley or other public place, or cut or cause 
to be cut any curb, sidewalk, or pavement, in the City of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma, in doing, or for the purpose of doing any work covered 
by this Ordinance, without having a permit so to do from the City 
Manager of said City, or such officer as may be authorized by him 
to issue same, and without having deposited such sum of money 
as is required by Ordinance of the City of Muskogee. 


SECTION 107—PERMITS. 


It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to pro- 
ceed with any work connected or to be connected with any pipe or 
pipes of the waterworks system or sewer system therewith, or any 
private sewer inside of the property line and connected or to be 
connected with the public sewer system of said City, until a permit 
for such work has been obtained from the Plumbing, Inspector, 
provided, that such permit shall not be required for minor repairs. 

By minor repairs are meant repairing leaks in pipes, traps or 
cocks, opening up waste or supply pipes, traps and drains and re- 
pairing fixtures and frozen pipes. 

No person, firm or corporation shall proceed with any work 
pertaining to any public or private sewer in any street, alley or 
other public place in said City, without first obtaining a permit 
therefor from the City Manager of said City. The fee for the issu- 
ance 2S such permit shall be one Dollar and twenty-five cents. 
(Sito): 

No permit shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation 
to do any work necessitating the disturbance of any street, alley 
or other public place, or the alteration, repairing or locating of 
any service pipe or pipes connected with the waterworks system 
or any drain or pipes connected with the sewer system of the City, 
unless the bond provided for in the next section hereof, be in full 
force and effect and on file in the office of the City Auditor. 


SECTION 108—INDEMNITY BOND. 


Before any person, firm or corporation shall be permitted to 
make any alterations in or repairs to or connections with any pipe 
or pipes belonging to any part of the waterworks system or public 
sewer system of the City of Muskogee, or make any excavations, 
or do any other. work in any street, alley or other public place of 
the City of Muskogee, for the purpose of doing any work governed 
or regulated by the terms of this Ordinance, such person, firm or 


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corporation must file with the City Auditor of said City, a good 
and sufficient bond in favor of said City, in the penal sum of One 
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1500), and executed by said prin- 
cipal, together with one or more good and sufficient sureties, condi- 
tioned that said principal shall indemnify and save and keep harm- 
less the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, from any loss. costs, damages, 
expenses, action, or liability of any kind whatever, including 
reasonable attorney’s fees, which the City may suffer or be re- 
quired to pay, or which may accrue against it or be recovered from 
the said City, from, or by reason of any negligent act of omission 
or commission, done or permitted to be done by the principal in 
such bond or any servant, agent, or employee of such principal in 
and about the doing, in any street, alley, or other public place in 
said City, of any plumbing, sewer, or other work regulated by this 
Ordinance, or the making of any connections, alterations, or re- 
pairs to any pipe or pipes, water mains or connections belonging to 
the waterworks system or sewer system of the said City of Mus- 
kogee, or by reason of any negligence on the part of such principal 
or the servants, agents or employes of such principal, in not main- 
taining proper barriers and warning signals around any excava- 
tion or opening which may have been made by such principal in 
any street, alley, or other public place in said City, in pursuance 
of any work regulated by this Ordinance; and conditioned further 
to secure the restoration and repair of all public property damaged 
or destroyed by said principal or the agents, servants or employees 
of said principal. Said bond shall be subject to the approval of the 
City Manager, and shall not be filed until so approved. 

It shall be the duty of the principal in each of the bonds herein 
mentioned to cause a new bond or an extension or renewal of the 
old bond to be filed annually. 


SECTION 109—DEFINITIONS. 


That the definition of the terms used in this ordinance shall 
be as follows; and terms not herein specifically defined shall be 
construed in the manner commonly accepted. 


Branches: The branch of any system of piping is that part of 
the system which extends, horizontally at a slight grade from the 
main to receive fixture outlets, not directly connected with the 
main. 


Outside Water Closets: By an outside water closet is meant 
any closet that is installed in a building detached from the main 
building, and not inhabited. 

House Drain: That the term House Drain is that part of the 
horizontal piping of the house drainage system, which receives 
the discharge of all soil, waste or other drainage pipes inside the 
walls or building line of any building, and conveys the same to the 
house sewer or main drain on the outside of the foundation walls 
or building line of such building. 


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Fixtures or Fixture: The term Fixture or Fixtures, when used 
in a general sense, applies to all receptacles which receive the house 
sewerage or waste from which water is used as a flush; when used 
specifically it means any of such receptacles, including water. clos- 
ets. It also means any tank, heater or any other contrivance or 
vessel through which water passes to supply hot water to bath 
tub, sink, basin or other vessel where hot water is needed. 

Fixture, Flow Line Of: The flow line of a fixture is the ex- 
treme top or over flow point of same. 

Inspector: When the word Inspector is used, without prefix or 
affix, it means the Plumbing Inspector charged with the enforce- 
ment of the provisions of this plumbing ordinance and the rules 
contained therein. 

Mains: The main of any system of horizontal, vertical or con- 
tinuous piping, is that part of such system which receives the dis- 
charge or back vents from fixture outlets, direct or through branch 
pipes. 

Minor Repairs: By minor repairs is meant the repairing of 
leaks in pipes, traps and cocks or faucets; opening up waste pipes, 
traps and drains, and repairing broken fixtures and broken pipes. 

Soil Pipe: A soil pipe is any pipe which conveys the discharge 
of water closets, with or without other fixtures, to the house drain. 

Vent Pipe: A vent pipe is any special pipe provided to venti- 
late the drainage or plumbing system or piping and to prevent trap 
syphonage and back pressure. 

Waste Pipe: A waste pipe is any pipe which receives the dis- 
charges of any fixture except water closets and conveys the same 
to the house drain or soil pipe. 

Sewer: That the term Sewer is a general term for a system 
of horizontal piping used to convey the drainage from any site to 
a main, public or private sewer. 

House Sewer: That the term House Sewer or main drain is a 
lateral or main drain of the horizontal piping of a house drainage 
system extending from the house drain to its connections with a 
main or private sewer, and conveying the drainage of one or more 
buildings on the same lot. 


Private Sewer: That the term Private Sewer is a main or 
branch sewer, located either on public or private property not con- 
structed or accepted by the City, which conveys the drainage of 
one or more buildings to its public outlet. 

Spacing: The distance of pipes from each other or from fix- 
tures, is the horizontal distance between corners of pipes or fixture 
outlets. 

Stack: Stack is a general term for any vertical line of house 
drainage piping exclusive of the main and its branches. 

Size and Lengths: The given caliber or size of a pipe is for its 


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standard internal diameter, and the length of a pipe is its devel- 
oped length taken along the center line. 

Trap, Seal of: The seal of the trap is the height of the water 
column measured between the point of overflow and the dip or 
diversion level separating the inlet and outlet, arms of the trap. 

Auxiliary Vent: An auxiliary vent is an additional vent stack 
assisting the main vent, which passes through the roof independ- 
ently. 

Back Vent: A Back Vent is that part of a vent line which con- 
nects directly with an individual trap near the fixture and extends 
either to the main or branch vent pipe. 

Circuit Vent: A circuit vent is a system of venting by which 
the syphonage and back pressure on the seal of the trap is pre- 
vented, by extending the branch soil or waste pipes and connecting 
them with the main or an auxiliary vent stack of equal size, which 
vent stack, in conjunction with the main soil or waste vents, com- 
pletes and forms a continuous air circuit or vent for each branch 
line so installed. 

Loop Vent: A loop vent is a modified circuit vent, where the 
branch or branches of soil or waste pipes of only one floor having 
no other fixture or fixtures installed above them, loop over above 
the flow line of fixtures and reconnects with the main coil or waste 
lines. 7 

Soil or Waste Vents: The soil or waste vent is the part of the 
main soil or waste pipe above the highest installed branch, or fix- 
ture outlet connection, extending through the roof. 


SECTION 110—MUST CONFORM TO RULES AND 
REGULATIONS. 


That each person, firm or corporation doing business as a 
plumber or drainlayer, must conform to the following rules and 
regulations of this ordinance: 

(a) Before beginning any work all the requirements men- 
tioned in preceding sections must be complied with, and permit 
issued for said work must be in the possession of the person doing 
work at time of inspection. 

(b) Applications must be made and permits obtained for all 
extensions, alterations or other work to be done in connection with 
the house drain, any plumbing work or water supply in old build- 
ings except minor repairs, and the work shall be done in the same 
manner and under the same rules as work in new buildings. 

(c) All plumbing fixtures shall be installed as open plumbing, 
and no plumbing or drainlaying work shall be covered up until in- 
spected by the Inspector, or his deputy, who shall show his badge 
of authority on request. 

(d) Applications for inspection must be filed at the office of 


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the Plumbing Inspector by the plumber, on blanks furnished by 
the City, before ten A. M. for morning inspections, and before One 
P. M. for afternoon inspections. 

(e) Inspections will be made between ten and twelve A. M., 
and between one and three-thirty P. M., and no inspections will 
otherwise be made, except in cases of emergency. 

(f{) Permits will be issued from eight A. M. to five P. M. Sun- 
day and holidays excepted. Applications for roughing-in inspection 
must be made when roughing-in is complete and this includes 
water supply, unless same is exposed on walls or ceilings, and be- 
fore any of the work is covered up or made inaccessible, to the 
Inspector. For sewer inspections application must be made, stat- 
ing time when sewer will be complete, and before same is covered. 
For final inspection applications must be made when all fixtures 
are complete. 

(g) All plumbing work must be tested by the plumber in the 
presence of the inspector before it is accepted. When it is incon- 
venient or impracticable to test the entire work at one time, it can 
be tested in sections, and no part of the work shall be covered or 
concealed in any manner until same has been approved by the 
Plumbing Inspector. : 

(h) All roughing-in tests must be made with water. For 
such testing the iron extension of the soil pipe outside of the foun- 
dation of the house or building shall be securely closed, as shall all 
branches, inlets and other openings of the work to be tested. The 
closing of joints and pipes must be sufficiently tight and strong to 
withstand the pressure of the column of water reaching the top 
of the pipe to be tested. The pipe shall then be filled with water 
to its top and shall stand so without perceptible lowering. If the 
water is lowered by leakage, the leakage must be found and made 
tight by the plumber, and the work shall not be approved by said 
Inspector until the water stands at the top without perceptible 
lowering. 


SECTION 111—SEWER PIPE. 


That in laying sewer pipes the plumber shall lay them in a 
straight and direct line, from the opening in the city main or pri- 
vate sewer, to the end of the house drain. All-sewers shall be laid 
with the greatest possible fall from the end of the house drain to 
the main or private sewer opening, and no line shall be laid with a 
less than two per cent grade, unless by special permit in writing, 
signed by the Plumbing Inspector. All changes of direction must 
be made with Y’s or 1-8 bends. The sewer pipe shall be vitrified 
earthenware hardburned, glazed and free from defects and cracks. 
Bowed or curved joints shall be termed defective, all pipes shall re- 
ceive spigot ends with a clear space all around of at least 3-16 of — 
aninch. All joints shall be made with Portland cement mortar, not 
more than two parts sand being used to one part cement. All 


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joints must be made by first inserting a swab of the full diameter 
of the pipe. The bell shall be filled to the spring line with cement 
mortar, the spigot end properly inserted in the bell, the joint to 
be cemented on the outside to a bevel finished at the end of the 
bell, and the swab drawn out and cleaned. 


(b) Ditches Graded: All ditches must be properly bottomed 
to a perfect grade before sewer pipe is laid. No pipe shall be laid 
on made or filled ground without thoroughly tamping same until 
a solid foundation is secured. 


(c) Back Filling Ditches: The back filling must be properly 
and solidly tamped under the pipe at its sides to the height of 
twelve inches above it; all large stones shall be excluded from this 
filling. 


(d) Earthenware Pipes: Where used. No earthenware pipe 
shall be nearer than two feet from the foundation or outer wall 
or building line of the house whether approaching or parallel with 
such wall or building’ line. All spigot ends of iron pipe will be al- 
lowed-to connect with the bell end of the sewer pipe; but no spigot 
ends of tile sewer will be allowed to connect with bell ends of iron 
pipe except as hereinafter mentioned, and then only where the 
sewer line is crossing through brick storm sewer or across ditches 
when suspended. 


(e) Earthenware Pipe Covering. In the event of a sewer 
pipe having three feet or more of covering, and it is necessary to 
run nearer than two feet to the houses or rear of alley end of lot, 
- the tile sewer-pipe may be used, provided there is no basement 
under same, but in no instance will the tile sewer pipe be allowed 
under a house of any kind. 7 


({) If any joints or pipes should be found defective they will 
be rejected and same be made good by the plumber before accept- 
ance by the Inspector, and when an opening is made, or found, in 
a soil or sewer pipe, the same shall be properly repaired, and in case 
of iron pipe, by inserting a tapped screw, in case of earthenware 
pipe by putting in a new joint, and the work must be left in first- 
class condition. All such drains shall be not less than four inches 
in diameter. 


(g) Where either an old or new building is placed on a lot 
which has an old tile sewer within the lines of any part of founda- 
tion or building line of such building, such sewer must be either 
removed or replaced with cast iron pipes run in accordance with 
these rules and regulations. 


(h) ‘The man in charge of the sewer ditch must be present 
when the work is inspected and have all permits necessary with 
him. He must have a good level and line, and must give such in- 
formation as may be required. Notice will be given whether the 
work is satisfactory, and if passed; also, if improperly put in and 
not passed; and shall notify his employer immediately. 


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SECTION 112—WATER PIPE. 


(a) That no iron water pipe shall be used from curb line cock 
to range boiler, less than three-quarters (3-4) inch wrought iron 
galvanized pipe; 1-2 inch branches may be used from main sup- 
ply to floor line of fixtures and further reduced at this point to suit 
fixture supply. A stop and waste cock with suitable key attached 
shall be put on main supply. 

(b) All water supply laid under ground on premises inside 
the property line shall be laid to a depth not less than (18) eighteen 
inches. 


SECTION 113—WORK TO BE DONE IN COMPLIANCE 
WITH RULES. 


That all work shall be done in a workmanlike manner and in 
faithful compliance with the following rules: 

(a) Iron Pipes—qualities: All soil, waste and vent pipes ex- 
cept as hereinafter specified for lead branches and brass pipe, shall 
be standard cast iron pipe coated inside and outside with coal tar. 
Fach length shall be branded with the word standard or letter S. 
All soil or waste pipes shall be free from sand holes, cracks or de- 
fects of any nature. 

(b) Diameter and weights: Extra heavy cast iron soil pipe 
2 inches, 5 1-2 pounds per lineal foot; 4 inches, 13 pounds per lineal 
foot; 6 inches, 17 pounds per lineal foot; 8 inches, 20 pounds per 
lineal foot; standard cast iron soil pipe, 2 inches, 3 1-2 pounds per 
lineal foot; 3 inches, 4 1-2 pounds per lineal foot; 4 inches, 5 1-2 
pounds per lineal foot; 6 inches, 10 1-2 pounds per lineal foot. 

(c) Fittings, quality: All fittings used for soil or waste pipe, 
except as hereinafter specified, shall be standard cast iron, or equal 
in weight and quality thereto and coal tarred. Wrought iron waste 
pipes: with special cast iron, recessed drainage fittings may be used, 
provided the ends of such pipes are properly reamed and butted to 
shoulder of fittings. No wrought iron waste will be allowed in 
dwellings. 

(d) Main stacks shall be of not less than four (4) inches in 
diameter, and each such stack shall have a clean-out plug in the 
bottom thereon where practicable, and extend eighteen (18) inches 
above roof. Peach horizontal line five (5) feet or over in length 
shall have a clean-out plug at end thereof. 

(e) Floor Rests. All vertical lines of soil, waste or other 
pipes within buildings shall be provided with floor rests at intervals 
of not less than one to each story. Such rests shall be placed im- 
mediately beneath the hub of fitting. 

(f) Pipe Joints, Filling Of: All joints on cast iron soil, waste 
or drain pipes shall be so filled with picked oakum and molten lead, © 
and hand caulked as to make them water tight. 

(g) Pipe Supports—Pipe Hooks Prohibited: The foot of every 


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vertical soil or waste pipe shall be adequately supported by brick, 
stone or concrete piers properly constructed, otherwise equally 
well supported. Pipes under basement floors shall be properly 
laid, graded and supported or suspended with heavy iron hangers, 
not less than three-eighths of an inch in diameter placed at inter- 
vals not less than ten feet apart. When a horizontal line runs 
parallel with and against a wall it shall be supported by heavy iron 
clamps not less than one inch in width and three-sixteenths of an 
inch in thickness, firmly secured to the wall with lagscrews or ex- 
pansion bolts to be placed at intervals of not less than five feet. 

(h) Soil Vent Stacks—Termination Of: All soil or vent stacks 
shall continue from a point two feet outside of foundation line un- 
diminished in size to a point not less than one foot above the roof 
measured from the upper side of pipe and shall not terminate with- 
in six feet of a window or other opening, unless carried two feet 
above the same. All vents to main stacks to be made with inverted 
Y’s and all vents from plumbing fixtures to be made with Y’s and 
45 degree ells. 

(i) Roof Flashings: The termination of all vents passing 
through the roof shall be carefully flashed with sheet lead, or other 
approved flashings, except tar and gravel roof. 

(j) Vent Pipes Near Openings: When vent pipes terminate 
within six feet of any opening in adjoining buildings they must be 
carried to a point two feet above same in the best possible manner. 
No brick, sheet metal or earthenware flush shall be used as a sewer 
ventilation nor any chimney or pipe placed in a chimney shall be 
used as ventilators. 

(k) Pipes outside Buildings: No soil, waste or vent pipes of 
any kind will be allowed to run on the outside of buildings other 
than yard closets. | 

(1) Fittings—Joints Rejected: Slip nuts shall not be used on 
waste or vents. No fittings such as split fittings, sand holes or 
porous fittings, or in any other way than sound and whole, shall be 
used in any soil, waste or vent pipes of any building, and shall at 
once be removed by order of the Plumbing Inspector. No para- 
phine, rosin, coal tar, putty or gas fitter’s cement will be allowed 
in making of any joints or to cover defects. All caulked joints shall 
be run full of molten lead on top of well packed oakum and no for- 
eign material shall appear on the surface of the lead caulking. 

(m) Brass Pipe: Brass soil, waste or vent pipes must be of 
standard wrought iron pipe size, whenever and wherever same is 
used for either of above purposes. 


SECTION 114—METHOD OF CONNECTION TO SOIL AND 
ve WASTE BRANCHES. 

That the method of connecting water closets and minor f1x- 
tures-to the various kinds of soil and waste branches and vent 
pipes shall be as prescribed in these rules: 

(a) Water Closets: Water closets, when connected to cast 


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iron pipes, except as hereinafter described, must be connected to 
same by means of a four (4) inch lead pipe, wiped to heavy brass 
ferrule and caulked into the stack fitting. 

(b) Waste connections allowed: Lead wastes may connect 
into lead when lead is used for main waste branch, and in all 
cases where lead pipe is attached to or connected with soil pipe, 
such attachment or connection shall be made with brass ferrules 
of standard make. 

(c) Lead Pipes—Quality Within Partitions: Lead pipe of 
quality equal to light shall be used for water closet bends, and extra 
light as branches for vent, revent and waste pipe connections. Lead 
pipe used for vent or revent connections shall not extend into or be 
used within partitions except from twelve inches above the flow 
line of fixtures to floor line. All connections from lead to lead 
or lead to brass shall be made with wiped joints. 


(d) Size of Wastes and Vents Permitted. Plumbers shall be 
governed by the following table in the construction of. drainage 
and ventilation in all buildings in this City. 


Waste Vent Trap 


Water: closets not less than 2) = es) eee 4 in. 2 in. 4 in. 
Miashobasin) notaless than v=. an eee 1% 1% 1% 
Bath tub tot lésse thai ge ese ee 1% ly 4“ Drum 
Sink’ not, lessathan se ee ee 1y% 1% 1y% 
slop, sink nottlesssthan 7. ey ee ly 1% 1y% 
Slop sink notsless thare sg.) 5. 80a 3 2 3 

lop sink *not less (hance ss + ie 4 
Laundry Dubs setsnotsléss. than .5 ly ly 4 
Pantry jsinkenotglesss than = 1y%4 Ly 1% 
Urinal not, lesstthang. nee eee ly 1yY 1y% 
Drinking Fountain not less than... ee 1% 1% 1% 
meven Openine Bar not less than. ly ly 4 Drum 
soda Fountain not less thana..... 2 2 1% 2 Seale 


SECTION 115—TRAPS TO CONFORM TO RULES. 


That traps of all kinds shall be constructed in strict accord- 
ance with the following rules: 

(a) Where the vent or revent pipes are continuous and traps 
are ventilated through the waste fittings, the center of the outlet 
of such fittings or lead Y branch shall not be set below the water 
seal of trap and the trap shall not be more than twenty inches 
away from the waste fittings. All traps must be located as near 
the fixtures as possible and at no time shall it be placed more than 
two feet from same. 

(b) Trap Revents—Concealed Partitions: Every water. 
closet, urinal, sink, basin, bath tub or set of laundry tubs, or any 
other ‘plumbing fixture shall be effectively and separately trapped 
and revented. All the traps shall be protected from syphonage by 


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special vent or revent pipes. Such traps shall not depend on any 
concealed partition for its water seal. 


(c) Connected Wastes: A connected waste pipe receiving the 
discharge of not more than two wash basins set in line may waste 
into single trap not less than 1 1-2 inches in diameter; where bat- 
teries or basins set in line exceding two and not more than six, 
may discharge into a single trap not less than two inches in diam- 
eter; where batteries or basins set in line exceeding two and not 
more than six may discharge into a single trap not less than two 
inches in diameter. All such traps must be located as near the cen- 
ter of battery as possible and not more than two feet from the 
waste line of one of the fixtures. 


_ _(d) Laundry tubs from one part up to four parts, when set 
in line, may be discharged into single drum trap not less than 4x8 
inches to be vented in the same manner as prescribed for bath tub. 


(e) Bath Tubs—How trapped and vented: All bath tubs shall 
be trapped by a 4x8 drum trap revented. Drum traps on bath tubs 
shall be placed in such a manner that a clean-out screw shall be in 
plain view and above the floor. 


(f{)° Soda Foundations and Bar Wastes—How Trapped: All 
wastes from soda fountains and bar sinks shall be trapped with a 
4x8 inch drum trap with an inlet not less than 1 1-2 inch in diam- 
eter and an outlet not less than 1 1-2 inches in diameter. Where 
it is impossible to revent such traps they may be used without re- 
vent by obtaining the written permission of the Inspector. 


(g) Wastes Prohibited: In no case shall a waste pipe from 
any fixture discharge into any vent or revent pipe, nor shall it dis- 
charge into any other fixture, trap, or any other fixtures, except 
as allowed in refrigerator wastes, connected basins, or laundry 
tubs. 

(h) Floor Washers, Bell Traps, Back Water Valves: Where 
floor washers are connected, it shall be by means of a deep seal 
combination floor drain with back water trap. 

(i) Fountain Spittoons—How Trapped: All fountain spittoons 
shall be trapped and vented as prescribed for other minor fixtures. 


(j) Refrigerator Wastes—Sizes and Traps: The waste pipe 
from a refrigerator or ice box shall not be directly connected with 
any soil waste pipe or drain or sewer. They shall discharge into a 
movable pan, or an open water supplied sink or over a floor drain 
in basement, and shall be as short as possible and disconnected 
from the refrigerator by at least four inches, and where refriger- 
ators or ice boxes are placed in buildings on two or more floors the 
waste and vent pipes thereof shall be continuous and run through 
the roof and in no case shall it open within six feet of an open soil, 
or waste pipe. The size of waste pipes for refrigerators for two 
or less shall be at least 1 1-2 inches, and two inches for three floors 
or under five floors, and 2 1-2 inches for five floors and over. Each 
refrigerator or ice box shall be provided with a suitable trap with 


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an accessible trap screw or cleanout ; shall be placed in the 1 1-2 
inch waste pipe and shall be as near as possible to the refrigerator 
or ice box. Such trap need not be vented. 


(k) Grease Traps: All hotels, restaurants and large boarding 
houses must have a suitable grease trap connected with the kitchen 
sink, or a catch basin in the yard as close to the sink as possible. 
Residence property owners may have grease traps under sinks if 
they so desire, but it shall not be compulsory to install them. When 
they are so installed they shall be constructed of brass, cast iron 
or lead and ta be 10 inches by 12 inches in size. When made of 
~ lead the lead shall be of strength equal to six pounds to the square 
foot, and when constructed outside of buildings they may be. .OF 
brick, ‘tile or cement. 


(1) Stable Racks, Hall Drains: Stable racks or any urinal re- 
ceptacle, when the washings carry sediment of solid, shall not be 
connected with any sewer drain or lateral unless a suitable catch 
basin suitably trapped with deep seal is provided to prevent the 
obstruction of said sewer drain or lateral. 


(m) Exhaust, Blow Off and Drip Pipe Connections: The ex- 
haust, blow off, sediment or drip pipe from a steam boiler shall not 
be connected with any sewer, drain, soil or waste pipes. Such 
pipes shall discharge into a suitable blow off tank. The waste from 
said tank shall be at least one size larger than the inlet, but not 
less than three inches in diameter and provided with a trap and 
vent through roof. 


(n) Garage Drains and Catch Basins: Garage or other struc- 
tures for the housing, sale or repair of automobiles which are pro- 
vided with a water supply of either a temporary or permanent 
character, or in which automobiles are washed, cleaned or repaired 
shall be provided with proper means for draining the floors and 
repair pits, in such a manner that no drainage therefrom shall flow 
over any street, alley or paved approach. Such drains shall be so 
arranged as to intercept all oil, gasoline or other inflammable fluids, 
as well as sand, silt or other solids for the purpose of excluding 
same from the sewerage system. Such drains shall have the ac- 
cumulated oil and other inflammable fluids pumped or otherwise re- 
moved therefrom at regular intervals and shall be so maintained as 
to insure the exclusion of the same from the sewerage system. They 
shall also be kept free of sand, silt and other solids and shall be 
subject to a periodical inspection. They shall be so constructed as 
to have a sand receptacle of not less than twelve (12) inches in 
depth and diameter below the bottom of the outlet; a sealed depth 
and diameter of not less than twelve (12) inchs in the drain with 
an outlet therefrom of not less than four (4) inches; a ventilating 
chamber of not less than twelve (12) inches in depth ‘and diameter, 
with a sealed inlet opening not less than three (3) inches in diam- 
eter and ventilating pipe leading from a ventilating chamber of not 
less than three (3) inches in diameter and carried up above the 


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highest part of the roof and subject to the same conditions as for 
roof outlets of soil wastepipes. 

The material for vent pipe must be the same as required for 
house drains when below ground, and for soil and waste vents when 
above ground. The above capacity for the sand receptacle is based 
on a storage capacity of two (2) automobiles and a proportionate 
cubical capacity must be added for each additional automobile 
capacity, with corresponding diameter drain carried to the floor 
line. Every building hereafter constructed or converted into a 
place of business where gasoline, benzine, naptha or other inflam- 
mable oils or compounds are used, also any existing buildings 
where such business is carried on, shall be provided with a special 
drain the same as that required above for garages. 

A wash basin in a garage may discharge into the pipe leading 
from the ventilating chamber. Such catch basins may be con- 
structed of cast iron, earthenware pipe with not less than four (4) 
inches of Portland cement concrete surrounding it and including 
the trap outlet, or of concrete or brick as required for pene cess- 
pools. 


SECTION 116—SEDIMENT PIPE FROM HOUSE BOILER. 


That the sediment pipe from a house boiler shall not be con- 
nected into sewerage of any trap, nor directly connected with any 
soil, waste or drain pipe. It may discharge on the outside of the 
building, but must be carried down to a point within one foot of 
the established grade line, or it may be discharged over an open 
fixture or floor drain. 

(a) Automatic flush tanks for urinals shall be arranged for 
intermittent and automatic discharges. All such tanks shall be 
flushed at regular intervals not to exceed twenty minutes. 

(b) All water closets, except flushing valve closets, in build- 
ings used for living purposes shall be flushed from tanks. 

(c) All out-of-door water closets shall be equipped with cast 
iron enameled bowl, cast iron trap, hard wood seat and Vogel closet 
or equal. All traps and supply cocks shall be placed at sufficient 
depth in the ground to prevent their freezing, and not nearer than 
ten feet to living rooms. All water closets in yard to be vented 
with 4 inch stack except in cases where 4 inch stack is run through 
roof of main building. 


SECTION 117—WATER CLOSETS, MANNER OF 
INSTALLING. 


That water closets shall be installed, constructed and maintain- 
ed in strict accordance with the plumbing rules: 

(a) All water closets shall have flushing rim bowls. 

(b) Water closets Under Sidewalks: Where water closets or 
other plumbing fixtures are placed under sidewalks or areas, or 


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en 


other like places adjoining an opening into the basement of any 
building, each and every fixture so placed shall be ventilated in the 
same manner as provided for the interior of all buildings, and the 
water closet compartment shall be adequately lighted and venti- 
lated. 

(c) Prohibited Water Closets, Removal: Pan, plunger, offset 
or other closets, the bowl of which does not receive a proper flush 
will not be allowed. All such closets when found to be a nuisance 
shall be removed or when taken out for repairs, shall not again be 
installed. 

(d) Prohibited Fixtures, Not Reinstated: No fixtures shall be 
installed and no fixture shall be reconnected or reinstalled where it 
does not meet with the requirments of this ordinance. 

(e) Water Closets, How Vented: All water closets shall be 
vented through a Y, T, Y or a drainage fitting, or off the top of 
the horizontal part of the lead bend or above the upper line of 
horizontal part of same, except for circuit venting and for top clos- 
ets, as hereinafter prescribed. The revent of a single water closet 
shall not be less than two inches in diameter. 

(f{) Revents not Required: Water closets four feet or less 
from the stack measured along the line of waste will not be re- 
quired to be vented in the uppermost story of any btilding. Base- 
ment is not to be considered as a floor. 

(g) All water closets when set on floor to be connected with 
a brass floor flange and no putty joint will be allowed. 3 


SECTION 118—URINALS, HOW CONSTRUCTED, ETC. 


That urinals shall be installed, constructed and maintained in 
strict accordance with the following rules and regulations: 


(a) Construction, Prohibited Use: The sides, back and base 
of every urinal stall placed within any building shall be of a non- 
absorbent material. Urinal stalls having troughs set in the floors 
are prohibited. The use of galvanized steel, cast iron, sheet metal, 
wood or absorbent material for the use of urinal bowl or trough is 
prohibited. 

(b) Urinals, Kinds of Material Allowed: Every urinal shall 
have an individual lipped urinal bowl or cast iron enamelled urinal 
trough or other urinal, constructed of non-absorbent material ap- 
proved by the Inspector. If enamelled iron urinal trough is used, 
it shall be constructed as to retain at least one inch of water. 

(c) Urinal Traps, Wastes, Sizes of: Urinal traps for single 
urinals shall be not less than 1 1-2 inches in diameter, two feet of 
trough space to count as one urinal. Urinal troughs exceeding two 
feet in length to have trap not less than two inches in diameter; 
single urinals to have wastes same size as traps. Where two and 
not more than four urinals are placed in line two inch branch 
wastes must be used. 


(d) Urinals, How Vented: All urinal traps shall be revented 


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through a Y, T, Y, or drainage fitting or room vent; and all urinal 
trap revents to be not less than 1 1-2 inches in diameter and in- 
creased in proportion to number of urinals installed. 


SECTION 119—URINALS, BATH OR WATER CLOSETS; 
LIGHT AND VENTILATION. 


That all urinal, bath, or water closet compartments hereafter 
constructed in any building shall be lighted and ventilated as here- 
after provided for. Every water closet or urinal compartment or 
bath room in every compartment in building hereafter erected, shall 
be ventilated by a window opening into the outer air, or by proper 
ventilating pipes, shafts or ducts run through the roof or to the 
external air. All such compartments shall be adequately lighted, 
either by natural or artificial light, and if mechanical ventilation is 
used, the air shall be changed at least three times per hour. 


SECTION 120—EXTENSIONS OR ALTERATIONS, TO 
BE TESTED. 


That in case of extension or alteration of any existing plumb- 
ing system the same, if new stacks are run, shall be tested when 
roughed in. 


SECTION 121—LOCATIONS INSPECTED. 


That where special permits are issued the location shall be in- 
spected before the work is started. 


SECTION 122—ROOF GUTTERS, NOT TO BE CONNECTED 
WITH HOUSE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 


That no-connection shall be made to any part of the house 
drainage system, or house sewer, with the roof gutters or any 
other channels for the conveyance of rain water. 


SECTION 123—VIOLATIONS. DELAY. 


That in the event a plumber should put in work contrary to 
this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to 
notify the plumber in charge of the work in writing, stating where- 
in the work does not comply with this ordinance, and ordering de- 
fects in material or workmanship remedied, sending a copy of the 
notice to the City Manager. Should the plumber fail to comply 
with the orders of the Plumbing Inspector within twenty-four 
hours after said notice has been given, or in the same time fails 
to show to the City Manager why orders of the Plumbing Inspec- 
tor have not been obeyed, then the Plumbing Inspector shall at once 
file charges against said plumber for violating this ordinance. 

(a) Any licensed plumber who neglects or refuses to comply 
with these regulations or with the conditions of his permit shall be 
subject to have his certificate and bond suspended or revoked and 


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shall thereby be debarred from obtaining permits or doing plumb- 
ing work in the discretion of, and for such length of time as the 
Manager and City Council shall deem just and proper, and shall also 
be liable to punishment under Section 125 of this ordinance. 
| (b) Bad faith or unreasonable delay in plumbing work shall 
be deemed a sufficient reason for subjecting the plumber so of- 
fending to a suspension of his certificate and bond and every 
plumber shall be held responsible for the violation of these regula- 
tions by mechanics, laborers and helpers themselves. 


SECTION 124—WORK PUT IN, IN VIOLATION OF ORDI- 
NANCE; TO BE REARRANGED, OR COMPLETED UNDER 
DIRECTION OF INSPECTOR. 


That any person who shall do or permit any work contrary 
to the provision of this ordinance, shall upon five (5) days written 
notice by the Plumbing Inspector, be required to-rearrange said 
work so as to comply with the requirements of this ordinance, and 
upon his neglect, failure or refusal so to do, said work may be 
rearranged and completed under the direction of the Plumbing In- 
spector, at the cost of such person, which may be recovered of him 
at the suit of the City of Muskogee in a civil action. 


SECTION 125—PENALTY. 


That any person who puts in, or any plumbing Inspector who 
permits work to pass which is contrary to this ordinance or any 
person who violates any provision of this ordinance, or who refuses 
or wilfully neglects to comply with any of the provisions of the 


ordinance, shall, upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding 


$19.95 for each and every offense. 


SECTION 126—REPEALING NO. 897. 


That all of Ordinance No. 897 and all Ordinances or parts of 
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed. 


SECTION 127—VALIDITY. 


If any section or provision of this ordinance shall be declared 
to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance 
as a whole or any other part thereof. 


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ARTICLE IV. 


PLUMBERS EXAMINING BOARD. 


Section. | Section. 


128. Creating plumbers Exam- for certficates. 
ining Board; members 130. Shall have power to can- 
appointed by mayor. cel certificates. 
Time of service. 131. Certificates; to be re- 
Plumbing Inspector to be newed annually. 
ex-officio secretary. 132. Shall stand examination. 


129. Duties and powers; fees 133. Penalty. 


Ordinance 1284. 


SECTION 128—CREATING PLUMBERS EXAMINING BOARD; 
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY MAYOR. TIME OF SERV- 
ICE. PLUMBING INSPECTOR TO BE EX-OFFICIO SEC- 
RETARY. 


There is hereby created the Plumbers Examining Board of the 
City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, consisting of three members, one of 
whom shall be the Chairman of the City Board of Health, and who 
shall be ex-officio chairman of the said Plumbers Examining Board, 
and one shall be a master plumber, and one shall be a journeyman 
plumber, all residents of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma. The 
said members, other than the chairman, shall be appointed by the 
Mayor, and approved by the City Council for a term of one year, 
and shall be paid for their services such sum as may be authorized 
by the City Manager, not exceeding the amount received by the 
City as examining fees and for the issuance of certificates as pro- 
vided in the following section. 


The Plumbing Inspector of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, 
shall be ex-officio secretary of said Board. He shall serve without 
additional compensation and shall have no powers as such secretary 
other than the usual clerical duties performed by a secretary. 


SECTION 129—DUTIES AND POWERS; FEES FOR 
CERTIFICATES. 


The said Plumbers Examining Board shall, within ten days 
after their appointment, meet and designate the times and places 
for the examination of all applicants desiring to engage in, or work 
at, the business of plumbing within the City of Muskogee. Said 
Board shall examine said applicants as to their practical knowledge 
of plumbing, house drainage and ventilation, and if satisfied of the 
competency of such applicants shall thereupon issue certificates 


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to such applicants authorizing them to engage in or work at the 
business of plumbing, either as master plumber, employing plumber, 
or journeyman plumber, which certificate shall be signed by the 
Chairman of said Board and attested by the Secretary thereof. 
Said examination may be made in whole or in part in writing and 
shall be of practical and elementary character, but sufficiently strict 
to test the qualifications of the applicant. 

The fee for a certificate for a master plumber or employing 
plumber shall be $5.00; for a journeyman plumber it shall be $1.00. 
Such fees shall be paid into the City Treasurer of the City of Mus- 
kogee, and no certificate shall be issued until such fee is paid. 


SECTION 130—SHALL HAVE POWER TO CANCEL 
CERTIFICATES. 


The said Plumbers Examining Board shall have the power to 
cancel, upon good cause shown by written charges duly filed with 
said Board, any certificate issued under the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance; provided, the holder of such certificate shall have had ten 
days notice of such charges and an opportunity to be heard by said 
Board. 


SECTION 131I—CERTIFICATES; TO BE RENEWED 
ANNUALLY. 


All certificates shall be renewed annually upon the payment of 
the fees above specified; provided, that the holder of the certifi- 
cate need not be required to stand more than one examination, ex- 
cept when required to do so by a majority vote of said Board for 
a good cause shown. 


SECTION 132—SHALL STAND EXAMINATION. 


No person shall engage in the business of plumbing or do any 
plumbing work in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, either as a 
master plumber, employing plumber or as a journeyman plumber 
until such person shall have stood the examination hereinabove 
provided for and received a certificate from said Board showing 
that he has satisfactorily passed such examination, and paid the 
fee therefor. But this section shall not be construed as authoriz- 
ing any person to engage in the business of plumbing or to do any 
plumbing work in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, without also 
complying with the plumbing regulations and requirements of said 
city as now provided or which may be hereafter provided by Ordi- 
nance. 


SECTION 133—PENALTY. 


Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions 
of this Ordinance, or who shall knowingly fail or refuse to comply 
with the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun- 
ished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


PLUMBING CODE 135 


ARTICLE V. 


GAS FITTING. 


Section. Section. 
134. (a) Shall file Bond. (f{) Gas inspector shall 


‘(b) Creating Office Gas 
Inspector. 

(c) Defining Gas fitters ; 
Gas appliance deal- 
ers. 

(d) Plumbers Examining 
Board shall inquire 
into qualifications of 
Gas fitters; shall is- 
sue certificate. 


(e) Unlawful to convey 
gas through. rubber 
hose; General speci- 
fications for gas fit- 
ting. 


make tests; sizes of 
service pipes. 

(g) Sizes of service pipes 
for dwellings. 

(h) Service pipes inside 
of buildings. 

(i) Gas inspector shall 
shut off gas where 
dangerous. 

(j) Fireman shall have 
access to buildings. 

(k) Charges for inspec- 
tion. 

(1) Defining gas fitting. 

(m) Penalty for viola- 
tion. 


Ordinance No. 1052. 


SECTION 134—(a) SHALL FILE BOND. 


That all firms, companies, co-partnerships, corporations or in- 
dividuals engaged in the gas fitting business within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, shall first file with the 
City Clerk of said city a good and sufficient bond in the sum of 
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, as a guarantee for the faithful 
compliance with all the provisions of this ordinance. Provided, 
however, that any firm, company, co-partnership, corporation or 
individual engaged in plumbing business within the corporate lim- 
its of said city must comply with the terms and conditions of this 
ordinance, except as to the license fee as hereinafter provided. 


_Provided further, that after due inspection and approval of 
such job of gas fitting done by the principal on said bond, by the 
Gas Inspector, the said principal and sureties on said bond shall be 
absolved after a period of fifteen (15) days from such approval 
from all liabilities upon said job so inspected and approved by the 
Gas Inspector, or his assistant. 


(b) CREATING OFFICE GAS INSPECTOR. There is here- 
by created the office of Gas Inspector who shall be the Plumbing 
Inspector of the City of Muskogee. Said Gas Inspector shall serve 
without additional compensation, but may be allowed such addi- 
tional help as is necessary to expedite the inspection of all services 


136 PLUMBING CODE 


installed. It shall be the duty of the Gas Inspector to pass upon 
all service lines installed by the gas company to the curb before 
they are covered'up and see that all lines and connections comply 
with the provisions of this ordinance whether such lines are laid 
by gas fitters or the company furnishing the gas. He shall have 
the power to require the installation of new service lines, where 
present service lines are inadequate for the transmission and con- 
sumption of natural gas. 

(c) DEFINING GAS FITTERS; GAS APPLIANCE DEAL- 
ERS. All persons, firms, corporations dealing in gas stoves, heat- 
ers or other appliances shall be known as gas appliance dealers, 
and persons in the employ of such gas appliance dealers engaged 
in fitting gas appliances, who shall be known as gas appliance fit- 
ters, shall not be deemed or considered gas fitters within the mean- 
ing of this Ordinance. Gas appliance fitters shall make applica- 
tion to the board of examiners provided for herein to be by them 
registered as such, provided that application must be accompanied 
by the recommendation of a licensed gas appliance dealer as to the 
applicant’s moral character and competency to be trusted with the 
performance of work involving the possibility of danger to health 
and life, and provided further that gas appliance fitters shall ap- 
pear personally before the board of examiners, to be registered. 
Gas appliance fitters shall not be required to stand any examina- 
tion. 

Gas appliance fitters will only be allowed to connect or dis- 
connect gas stoves, ranges, heaters, and other gas appliances be- 
tween the risers or openings provided for as appliances. 


They will not be allowed to do any pipe work or other fitting 
nor remove any pipe or fittings, provided for appliances, in any 
building. 

No stoves, ranges, heaters, or any other gas appliances must 
be disconnected without capping the pipe openings. 

Gas meters must not be turned on until all pipe openings are 
capped. 


(d) PLUMBERS EXAMINING BOARD SHALL INQUIRE 
INTO QUALIFICATIONS OF GAS FITTERS; SHALL ISSUE 
CERTIFICATE. The Board of Examiners of Plumbers shall be 
the examining board to inquire into the qualifications of all per- 
sons who endeavor to do the actual work of gas fitting within the 
City of Muskogee, and upon satisfactory evidence that the person 
taking the examination is qualified to do gas fitting, a certificate 
shall be issued thereto for which a fee of One ($1.00) Dollar shall 
be paid, which certificate shall be issued for one year and may be 
renewed from year to year by paying the license fee of One ($1.00) 
Dollar. Provided, however, the renewal of such certificate shall be 
denied any gas fitter who in any manner has violated’ the provi- 
sions of this ordinance relating to gas fitting. 


(e) UNLAWFUL TO CONVEY GAS THROUGH RUBBER 
HOSE; GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR + GAS FITTING. 


PLUMBING CODE 137 


It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to convey gas from 
one part of a building to another through a rubber hose, and all 
gas pipe and fittings must be done by a licensed gas fitter. All 
piping for gas lighting shall be made with screw connections into 
separate elbows. All gas pipe must be properly insulated from elec- 
tric wires. All gas meters are to be placed in an easily accessible 
place at the expense of the Gas Company or corporation furnishing 
meter with instruction how to cut off the gas supply in cases of 
emergency and such other information as is necessary to insure 
safety in the use of gas, and designating the location of the cut-off 
valve in feet and direction. In all theatres, picture shows, schools, 
churches and other public buildings where gas is used for heating 
or lighting there shall be placed on the wall nearest the cut-off 
valve, in full view of the public, a card of instructions designating 
the location of the cut-off valve and the direction and approximate 
distance in feet to said cut-off valve. Every job of gas fitting 
must be reported to the Gas Inspector as soon as roughed in, and 
upon test must show no leakage under a twenty-five (25) pound 
pressure on a spring or mercury gauge, at the discretion of the 
Gas Inspector, for fifteen minutes. This test must be made by the 
Gas Inspector or his assistant, and no job of gas fitting shall be 
concealed until a certificate of inspection has been issued for the 
same by the Gas Inspector. All services shall be provided with 
a curb cock and box at the curb line, if installed in front of the 
property, or at the property line, if installed in an alley, the same 
to be furnished by the person or corporation that installed the 
service. All old service lines now in use not provided with curb 
cock and box at the curb line, if in front or at the property line, 
if within an alley, shall be furnished with curb cock and box as 
required for new service lines. 


(i) -GAS INSPECTOR SHALL MAKE TESTS; SIZES OF 
SERVICE PIPES. When requested to do so by the gas fitter or 
the consumer of gas, the Gas Inspector shall make tests with proper 
proving apparatus. Any piping fixtures or meter found to be de- 
fective shall be ordered removed and same replaced with perfect 
materials, fixtures or meters at the expense of the firm, company, 
co-partnership, corporation or individual that furnished same. 

No opening shall be less than three-eighths (3-8) inch pipe 
and shall be increased in proportion to the number of fires and 
lights used as per schedule hereinafter formulated. 


All service pipes hereafter installed shall be not less than one 
and one-half (1 1-2) inches in diameter from curb or property line 
to meter. Half inch key valves must be used whenever directed 
by the Gas Inspector. 

For large buildings, hotels, business houses, etc., application 
must be made to the Gas Inspector for the size of service required. 


No cast iron fittings or lead connections can be used in gas 
piping. ; 
Correct distances for the installation of the meter must be 


138 PLUMBING CODE 


left by the gas fitter, which distance shall be procured from the 
company furnishing the meters. 

No cement of any kind shall be used to repair any gas fitting. 
A fire test will not be allowed under any circumstances on inside 


work. 

(g) SIZES OF SERVICE PIPES FOR DWELLINGS. Or- 
dinary dwellings must be piped with the following sized pipes: 
For all connections made from and after the passage of this Ordi- 
nance the service pipe shall not be less than one and one-fourth 
(1 1-4) inches in diameter from curb or property line to meter. 
As to the adequacy of service lines already installed it shall be left 
to the judgment and test of the Gas Inspector. 

To hot air furnaces, or small boilers, not less than one and one- 
fourth (1 1-4) inch pipe can be used from meter to furnace or 
boiler. 

For more than three (3) fires, stoves or grates one and one- 
fourth (1 1-4) inch pipes shall be used to first fire, one (1) inch to 
second and third fires and three-fourths (3-4) inch pipe to fourth 
fire. Only one fire will be permitted upon one-half: inch pipe. 

For three or less fires, ordinary stove or grates, one-inch pipe 
from meter to first fire must be used. In all cases the company 
furnishing the gas must install adequate service lines to the curb 
to meet the services installed in accordance with the requirements 
of this Ordinance, at the direction of the Gas Inspector. 

The following schedule for the sizes of pipe, length of runs for 
lights and fires must be rigidly followed in gas plumbing for all 
new work done from and after the adoption of this ordinance: 


Size of Pipe, Inches sag Nes of Pipe Number of Lights 
eet 
3-8 26 3 
1-2 30 6 
3-4 50 20 
1 70 35 
1 1-4 100 60 
1 1-2 150 100 
2 200 300 
No. of Fires 
1-2 10 1 
3-4 30 1 
i 100 1 
1 1-4 350 1 
3-4 20 2 
1 60 ia 
1 1-4 160 2 
1 40 3 
12 120 3 
1 20 + 
1 1-4 90 4. 
1 1-4 70 5 
1 1-2 125 5 


PLUMBING CODE 139 


Size of Pipe, Inches Length of Pipe No. of Fires 
Feet 
1 1-4 40 6 
1 1-2 90 6 
1 1-4 30 4 
1 1-2 Wo 7 
1 1-4 15 8 
iet-2 50 8 
1 1-2 40 28 
1 1-2 30 10 


(h) SERVICE PIPES INSIDE OF BUILDINGS. All gas 
piping inside of building must be securely strapped to joists or ceil- 
ing with iron straps provided for same. No hanger made of nails, 
wood or wire will be permitted. 


All service pipes must be eighteeen (18) inches deep from the 
top of curb or alley grade. All gas meters must be placed inside 
of buildings and in no case will meters be set under buildings except 
where the same is provided with cellar or basement. No meter 
shall be placed behind any door, under any plumbing, fixture, or 
closer than six feet from any fire place, heating stove or range. 


All valves shall be placed in an easy accessible place where they 
can be packed from time to time. 


All extensions of pipe from one room to another must be in- 
spected by the Gas Inspector before gas is turned in to such ex- 
tension. 


All gas ranges, heaters, (except bath room heaters) water 
heaters and furnaces must be vented into a brick flue, or other- 
wise into the open air, and in such a manner as to permit a free out- 
let for all fumes or escaping gas. All vent pipes passing through 
wood partitions or walls must be protected by a thimble with 
proper air space, except that no vent pipe from fires or lights shall 
pass through any closet or pantry used for the storage of clothing, 
household goods or other combustible material. When more than 
one meter is installed on the same service by the company furnish- 
ing the gas, they shall be grouped together and in no case shall 
they be placed in separate compartments. 


All gas appliances for heating must have an air space of four 
(4) inches between the bottom of the stove and the floor and must 
not be closer than one (1) foot of any wood or lath and plaster 
partition. 


fier NOPLeLORSS HALL SHUT "OFF GAS WHERE 
DANGEROUS. The Gas Inspector shall shut off, or cause to be 
shut off, all gas connections with residences or business houses in 
the City of Muskogee where, in his judgment, the gas fitting is 
dangerous, the gas to remain shut off until such time as changes 
are made by the property owner or the party installing same. Pro- 
vided, however, when such residence or business houses are oc- 


140 PLUMBING CODE 


cupied, he shall give notice to the occupant or owner, or both, before 
said gas is turned off, except in cases of emergency. 


(j) FIREMEN SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO BUILDINGS. 
The Chief of the Fire Department, or other firemen, of the City of 
Muskogee shall have access at all times to the dwellings or busi- 
ness houses connected with gas, to ascertain the locations of the 
shut-off valves to be closed in all cases of fire. 


(k) CHARGES FOR INSPECTION. A minimum charge of 
one ($1.00) dollar will be charged for every inspection of service 
lines by the Gas Inspector and an additional ten cents for each open- 
ing above ten. When any contractor doing gas fitting shall call the 
Inspector and the work is not ready, or is condemned, an extra fee 
of fifty. (50c) cents may be charged for each trip made by the In- 
spector, provided, such defects are due to the negligence of such 
contractor or his employees. e ! -? . 


When a consumer of gas has cause to believe his meter is fast, 
the same shall be removed by the Gas Company and must be tested 
in the presence of the Gas Inspector and the consumer. If the 
meter is found to be more than three (3) per cent fast, the Gas 
Company shall refund to the consumer the amount of overcharge 
according to bills rendered. 


(1) DEFINING GAS FITTING. The term “gas fitting” as 
used in this Ordinance shall apply to house piping, laying of service 
pipes, hanging of gas fixtures and the connection of all gas ap- 
pliances. 


(m) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. That any firm, com- 
pany, co-partnership, corporation or individual doing a gas fitting 
business within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, Okla- 
homa, or any other person who shall fail in any way to comply with 
or violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or any person, 
other than a licensed gas fitter, who shall in any way tamper with 
the service pipes or meters, shall be deemed guilty of an offense 


and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Five 
($5.00) Dollars and not more than $19.95. 


CITY MARKET 141 


‘CHAPTER III. 


CITY MARKET. 


Section. Section. 


135. Establishing market. 138. Peddling in other places 
136. eae designated; mar- prohibited. 
et hours. : 
137. Superintendent of Mar- 139. Stands designated. 
kets. 140. Sidewalk use. 
1. ie attend City Mar- 141. Stand forfeited. 
et. 
Pee ec ae a 142. Space reserved for huck- 
Supervision. ssa. 
3. Exercise general care. 143. Daily re-assignment of 
4. To assign places; en- space. 
force order, etc. 144. Cleanliness of market re- 
5. Examine weights and quired. 
bi Tons: seal scales, 145. Forestalling prohibited. 
etc. 146. Arrests authorized. 
7. To protect purchasers. 147. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 1132. 


SECTION 135—ESTABLISHING MARKET. 


That there is hereby established for the sale of produce, fruits, 
vegetables and all products of the farm, with the exception of hay 
and grain, a City Market for the purpose of enabling the farmers 
and truckmen living in the vicinity of Muskogee to offer their 
products directly to the consumer. The place of conducting this 
market to be hereafter designated by the City Council. 


SECTION 136—SPACE DESIGNATED, MARKET HOURS. 


That the spaces of ground ten feet wide on both sides of the 
streets so designated in the City of Muskogee next to the curb 
line, and such other spaces contiguous thereto, as may be set aside 
from time to time by resolution of the City Council, is hereby de- 
clared to be the City Market Place for the sale of produce, fruits, 
vegetables, berries, fowls, eggs, butter, cheese, melons, provisions 
and other articles usually sold in public markets. Said City Market 
shall have public market hours on Wednesday and Saturday be- 
tween the hours of 5 o'clock a. m. and 10:30 o’clock a. m. from 
April lst to November Ist, following, and between 6 o’clock a. m, 
and 10:30 o’clock a. m. from November Ist to April Ist, following, 
except legal holidays. 


142 CITY MARKET 


SECTION 137—SUPERINTENDENT OF MARKETS, LICENSE 
INSPECTOR DESIGNATED. 


That the License Collector of said City shall be Superintend- 
ent of Markets and is hereby assigned to that duty. It shall be the 
duty of the Superintendent of Markets: 

1. To attend at the City Market on market days during 
the market hours: 

2. ‘To exercise general supervision over the Market Place 
and market spaces, and to enforce such regulations as from 
time to time may be established and provided for the govern- 
ment of the same; 

3. To exercise a general care and custody of the City 
Market and appurtenances thereto; 


4. To assign places to wagons or persons attending the 
market and enforce order among them and compel a compli- 
ance with all ordinances of the City and laws of the State in 
and about said City Market; 

5. ‘To examine weights and measures of all articles ex- 
posed for sale and to decide all disputes between buyers and 
sellers at the market, as to the weight or measure of any ar- 
ticle offered for sale; | 

6. To test and seal all scales and measures to be used in 
weighing or measuring all articles offered for sale in the mar- 
ket, and no scale or measure shall be used in the market unless 
approved by the Superintendent of Markets; 


7. To do and perform such other duties as may in this 
or any ordinance, or by any rule or resolution of the City Coun- 
cil, be imposed upon him, and it shall be his duty, and he is 
hereby empowered, to maintain peace and order in and about 
such City Market, and to take all steps that may be necessary 
to protect purchasers at said Market from impositions and to 
prevent the sale of unsound, diseased, impure or unwholesome 
articles of food. 


SECTION 138—PEDDLING IN OTHER PLACES PROHIBITED. 


That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons having 
articles of marketing for sale to go upon any public street, alley or 
public grounds in the City of Muskogee during the market hours 
hereinbefore established, and to there sell or offer for sale, by re- 
tail, such articles, or to in any manner hawk or peddle any such 
articles, except butter, milk and eggs; and it shall be the duty of 
the Superintendent of Markets upon request to assign places in 
the markets for all persons requesting the same, and in the event 
the grounds and places hereafter to be designated for the market 
shall at any time be inadequate to accommodate persons attend- 
ing the market, it shall be lawful for such persons, under the super- 
vision of the Superintendent of Markets, to stand on such other 


CITY MARKET 143 


places as may from time to time be designated by the City Council, 
and on such places as may be designated by such Superintendent, 
which streets and places, while so occupied, shall be held to be in- 
cluded as a part of the market herein created. 


SECTION 139—STANDS DESIGNATED. 


That the portions of said streets hereafter to be designated 
and established as the City Market shall be, by the Superintend- 
ent of Markets, platted, subject to the approval of the City Council 
and the stalls or stands shall be designated on the plats thereof by - 
consecutive numbers, provided that no stall or stand shall occupy 
more than ten feet of frontage space. 


SECTION 140—SIDEWALK USE. 


That in addition to the space in the streets, the persons per- 
mitted to occupy any market stand shall be allowed, during mar- 
ket hours to occupy sufficient space on the sidewalk, not to exceed 
three feet wide, next to the curb line, upon which may be placed, 
only during market hours, a bench two feet wide, eight feet long 
and not to exceed three feet high, upon which ue be displayed 
and exhibited his wares. 


SECTION 141—STAND FORFEITED. 


That failure to use any assigned space for four consecutive 
market days, or refusal to comply with the ordinances and direc- 
tions of the Superintendent of Markets, shall constitute good cause 
for withdrawing the use thereof from the person permitted to oc- 
cupy such space, and the stand or spaces shall thereupon be re- 
assigned according to the City Market rules. 


SECTION 142—SPACE RESERVED FOR HUCKSTERS. 


That the portion of said market space hereafter described and 
such spaces as the Superintendent of Markets may deem necessary 
elsewhere are hereby designated and set apart for hucksters and 
re-sellers spaces, to which the Superintendent of Markets may as- 
sign hucksters and re-sellers and the person occupying such stalls 
for the purpose of re-selling shall display prominent cards at such 
places as shall clearly advertise the nature of his selling, with the 
word “Huckster” prominently displayed. 


SECTION 143—DAILY REASSIGNMENT OF SPACE. 


That the Superintendent of Markets is hereby directed to re- 
serve all space until 6 o’clock a. m. of market days, and after that 
time he may, in his discretion, assign such spaces to other parties 
for the day in question. 


144 CITY MARKET 


SECTION 144—CLEANLINESS OF MARKET REQUIRED. 


That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation 
occupying any stall or market space, regularly or temporarily, by 
permit or otherwise, to leave or quit said space without having 
first thoroughly cleaned and removed therefrom all dirt, filth or 


rubbish, accumulated or deposited thereon, whether by himself or 
others, and such person shall provide a suitable box or other re- 


ceptacle in which all tops and other trimmings and discarded vege- 
tables and refuse shall be placed and hauled away. 


SECTION 145—FORESTALLING PROHIBITED. 


That it shall be unlawful for any person to buy or contract for 
any article on its way to or intended for the market with the in- 
tention of selling it again at a higher price; and no person shall sell 
or offer or expose for sale in the Market any such article so pur- 
chased or contracted for by any other person. No person shall in 
the Market by agent or otherwise, buy or receive, or engage, prom- 
ise or propose to buy, accept or receive or negotiate in any way 
for buying, accepting or receiving any article for the purpose or 
with the intent of re-selling the same, and no person shall dissuade 
or attempt to dissuade any person from bringing provisions or any 
other proper article to the market, or persuade or try to persuade 
any person to enhance the price of any article brought by such 
person to the market or attempt in any manner to forestall the 
market. 


SECTION 146—ARRESTS AUTHORIZED. 


That the Superintendent of Markets shall have power to arrest 
any person who shall violate any of the regulations respecting the 
City Market, and it shall be unlawful for any person to resist, 
hinder or obstruct such Superintendent in the discharge of his 
duties or to refuse to obey his lawful orders. 


SECTION 147—PENALTY. 


That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi- 
nance shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $19.95 for 
each offense, and upon failure to pay said fine, shall be confined 
in the City Jail for a period of time to serve out the same at the 
rate of $1.00 per day. 


CITY EXCISE BOARD 145 


CHAPTER IV. 
CITY EXCISE BOARD. 


Section. Section. 
148. Creating City Excise 153. Funds appropriated for 
Board, specific purposes. 
149. Duties of City Council. 154, Authority of bxcise 
150. Time of meeting; shall yey v 


examine and may revise 155 


estimate, etc. . Funds may be reap- 


151. Appropriations to be propriated. ye 
itemized; may restrict 156. Defining “appropriation.” 
items of expenditure; 157. Special election necesary 
shall appropriate for for excess levy; proced- 
sinking fund require- ure. 
ments. 158. Advalorem taxes, collec- 

152. Shall make levy in ac- tion, etc., governed by 
cordance with laws of state laws. 

State. 159. Validity. 


Ordinance 1211-1212. 


SECTION 148—CREATING CITY EXCISE BOARD. 


There is hereby created a City Excise Board for the City of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma, to be composed of the following: The 
Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Manager, City Clerk, and City Treasurer, 
who shall perform the duties as herein provided without additional 
compensation. The Mayor shall be chairman of said board and 
the City Clerk shall be the secretary of said board. 


SECTION 149—DUTIES OF CITY COUNCIL. 


The City Council shall meet on the first Monday in July of 
each year and shall make in writing a financial statement showing 
the true fiscal condition of the city as of the close of the previous 
year, and an itemized statement of the estimated needs for current 
expenses for the current fiscal year, and the probable income from 
sources other than ad valorem tax. ‘The financial statement shall be 
supported by schedules or exhibits showing by classes the amount of 
all receipts and disbursements, and shall be sworn to by the City 
Manager as being true and correct. The statement of estimated 
needs shall be itemized so as to show by classes, first, the several 
amounts necessary tor the current expense of the city, and each 
officer and department thereof. Second, the amount required by 
law, to be provided for sinking fund purposes; third, the probable 
income that will be received from all sources other than ad valorem 
taxes, and shall be detailed in form and amount so as to disclose 
the several items for which the City Excise Board is authorized and 


146 CITY EXCISE BOARD 


required, in Sections 150 and 151 hereof, to approve estimates and 
make appropriations. Such financial statement and estimate, as pre- 
pared in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be 
published in two consecutive issues of some daily newspaper pub- 
lished in said city, the first of said publications to be made within 
five days after the completion of said estimate. Said estimate so 
made out and published as aforesaid shall, as soon as completed, 
be certified to the City Excise Board together with affidavit at- 
tached showing publication as herein required. The budget made 
up by the City Manager in accordance with Section 99 of the City 
Charter shall at the same time be transmitted to the City Excise 
Board. 


SECTION 150—TIME OF MEETING; SHALL EXAMINE AND 
MAY REVISE ESTIMATE, ETC. 


The City Excise Board shall meet at the City Offices in said 
city on the last Saturday of July in each year, and may adjourn 
from day to day and time to time thereafter, for the purpose of ex- 
amining the financial statement for the previous fiscal year as sub- 
mitted by the City Council, and ascertain the true fiscal condition 
of the city at the close of such year; and for the further purpose of 
examining the statement of estimated needs for current expense 
purposes for the current fiscal year as certified by the Council, and 
determining the items and amounts for which appropriations shall 
be made for such year, detailed as to each officer, board or depart- 
ment. The said City Excise Board shall have power and authority 
to revise and correct any estimate certified to them by either strik- 
ing items therefrom, increasing, or decreasing items thereof, or 
adding items thereto, when in its opinion the needs of the city 
shall require. All revisions and corrections shall be as to specific 
items of the estimate and in no event shall any item or items of 
the estimate for current expense purposes be increased, or any item 
added thereto, until such proposed increase or additional item 
shall have been advertised and published by the City Excise Board 
in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, in one issue, 
if published in a weekly paper, and two consecutive issues, if pub- 
lished in a daily paper. When the City Excise Board shall have 
examined, revised and adjusted the items of the estimate, and shall 
have ascertained in separate items the needs of the city, if the 
same shall be within the limits for current expenses as provided 
by law, they shall approve the said items and appropriate the res- 
pective amounts thereof for the purposes so found to be necessary. 
The appropriations made for the use of each separate office, board, 
commission or department of the city, shall be stated in separate 
items, and no appropriation shall be available for the use of more 
than one office, board, commission or department. 


CITY EXCISE BOARD 147 


SECTION 151—APPROPRIATIONS TO BE ITEMIZED: MAY 
RESTRICT ITEMS OF EXPENDITURES; SHALL AP: 
PROPRIATE FOR SINKING FUND REQUIREMENTS. 


The appropriations for the city shall be itemized so as to show 
the amount of funds appropriated for the several offices, boards, 
commissions and departments and shall be detailed in separate 
items as to each thereof, as follows: For salaries and compensa- 
tion of each officer and all regular deputies and employes there- 
under; for special services and extra help; for office supplies, 
blank books, stationery and printing; for postage, telephone and 
telegraph; for express, freight and drayage; for light, fuel and 
water; for rent; for charities and aid to poor; for furniture and of- 
fice equipment; for maintenance, renewals and extensions; for 
purchase of park, building sites, and other real estate, with appro- 
priation for each, separately stated; for construction of new build- 
ings, with the appropriation for each proposed building, separately 
stated; for maintenance and repairs on buildings and parks, for 
park and other permanent improvements with the appropriation 
for each separately stated; for equipment and apparatus; for such 
other expenditures as may be necessary and authorized by statute 
or ordinance, but not herein enumerated. Such appropriations may 
be further detailed and itemized at the discretion of said City Ex- 
cise Board, and the said board shall have the authority to impose 
and prescribe such additional restrictions as to the expenditure of 
any item of appropriation as it may deem meet and proper. In 
addition to the items provided for current expense purposes, the 
City Excise Board shall ascertain and appropriate the amounts re- 
quired by law to be raised annually for a sinking fund to be used 
for the payment of coupons and bonds as they fall due, and for the 
payment of judgments. 


SECTION 152—SHALL MAKE LEVY IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH LAWS OF STATE. 


The City Excise Board shall ascertain as soon as may be from 
the proper County Officials the total assessed valuation of all prop- 
erty taxed ad valorem in said city, after the same has been finally 
equalized and adjusted in accordance with the laws of the state. 
When the City Excise Board has ascertained the total assessed 
valuation of all property taxed ad valorem in said city as aforesaid, 
and shall have computed the total of the several items of appropria- 
tions for current expense and sinking fund purposes for the city, 
with ten (10%) per cent added thereto for delinquent tax, they 
shall thereupon make the levy therefor, after deducting from the 
total so computed the amount of any surplus, balance of revenue 
or levy, ascertained to be on hand from the previous fiscal year or 
years, together with the amount of the probable income from all 
sources other than ad valorem taxation; provided, that in no event 
shall the amount of such estimated income exceed the actual collec- 


148 CITY EXCISE BOARD 


tions from such source for the previous fiscal year. The rates of 
levy for current expense purposes and sinking fund purposes shall 
be separately made and stated and the revenue accruing therefrom 
shall be known as the general fund and sinking fund, respectively. 
When the said rates of levy shall be so made and fixed they shall 
be certified by the secretary of the said City Excise Board to the 
County Officer whose duty it is to make up the tax rolls. The 
secretary of the said City Excise Board shall also immediately cer- 
tify to the City Manager and to the City Council the rates of levy 
so certified and the appropriations so made by the City Excise 
Board. In no case shall the total levy fixed by the said City Excise 
Board exceed the limit allowed by the Constitution and Laws of 
the State of Oklahoma. 


SECTION 153—FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SPECIFIC 
PURPOSES. 


The several items of the estimate as made and approved by 
the City Excise Board for each fiscal year shall constitute and are 
hereby declared to be an appropriation of funds for the several and 
specific purposes named in such estimate, and the appropriation ° 
thus made shall not be used for any other fiscal year or purpose 
whatsoever. Each clerk or other issuing officer shall open and 
keep an account with the amount of each item or appropriation 
showing the purpose for which the same is appropriated and the 
date, number and amount of each warrant drawn thereon. No war- 
rant or certificate of indebtedness in any form, shall be issued, ap- 
proved, signed, attested or registered on or against any appropria- 
tion for a purpose other than for which the said appropriation was 
made, or in excess of the amount thereof. 


SECTION 154—AUTHORITY OF EXCISE BOARD. 


Should the Council fail to make and submit an estimate as 
herein provided, the City Excise Board shall have authority to 
make an appropriation for current expense and sinking fund pur- 
poses and make such levy therefor as it may find necessary to 
meet the probable needs of the city, provided that no such esti- 
mate shall be approved until the same shall have been by the said 
Excise Board advertised in liké manner as to items that shall be 
added to or increased in an estimate. 


SECTION 155—FUNDS MAY BE RE-APPROPRIATED. 


If at any time during the fiscal year all monies appropriated 
for any particular fund or department by reason of exigencies or 
conditions arising not anticipated, have become exhausted and the 
City Council, upon examination, shall find that there are surplus 
and unappropriated revenues belonging either to that particular 
department or fund, or to some other department or fund, and 


CITY EXCISE BOARD 149 


which is available for current expenses, then the City Council may, 
by resolution, appropriate a sufficient amount of such unappropri- 
ated and available funds or revenues to meet the requirements of 
such department in which the appropriation has become exhausted : 
but such additional or supplemental appropriation or appropria- 
tions shall not exceed the aggregate of such surplus and unappro- 
priated funds and revenues then available in the treasury. If, how- 
ever, there should not be a sufficient amount of surplus or unap- 
propriated funds or revenues available for such appropriations to 
meet the needs and requirements of any such department the ap- 
propriations of which have become exhausted, then the City Coun- 
cil, if in its judgment the exigencies and the requirements for the 
public good so demand, may by resolution, revoke and cancel, in 
whole or in part, any appropriation or appropriations previously 
made to any officer or department of the City, and reappropriate 
such funds to such department or departments of the City in which 
the appropriations are exhausted, if the Council shall deem such 
action necessary to the public good: Provided, that no appropria- 
tion, or a part thereto, shall be revoked or cancelled against which 
there may be an unpaid claim or contract pending. The total 
amount of all such appropriations and reappropriations shall not 
exceed the aggregate of the amount of appropriations so revoked 
or cancelled and the surplus or unappropriated revenue so appropri- 
ated as in this section provided. 


SECTION 156—DEFINING APPROPRIATION. 


The term “appropriation” as used herein is hereby declared to 
be synonymous with “estimate made and approved,” as defined in 
Section 3, Chapter 80, Session Laws, 1911 of Oklahoma, and the 
provisions, requirements, limitations and penalty of said Chapter 
80, Session Laws 1911, are hereby specifically declared to extend 
to and embrace “appropriations” as herein defined. 


SECTION 157—SPECIAL ELECTION NECESSARY FOR EX- 
CESS LEVY; PROCEDURE. 


If it shall appear that the estimate certified to the City Excise 
Board for the current expenses of the city shall require a tax levy 
in excess of the limit prescribed by the laws of the State for cities 
of the first class, and the City Excise Board shall be of the opinion 
that such excess is reasonably necessary for the current expenses 
of the city, they shall enter such fact upon the record of their pro- 
ceedings and shall so enter the amount of such excess levy:which 
in their opinion is reasonably necessary, and the secretary of the 
said City Excise Board shall so certify to the Mayor and City Coun- 
cil. Thereupon the Mayor and City Council shall, by resolution, call 
a special election to be held in the city on the second Tuesday after 
the first Monday in August next after the meeting of said City Ex- 
cise Board, or as soon thereafter as may be, for the purpose of 


150 CITY EXCISE BOARD 


submitting to the qualified electors of the city the question of mak- 
ing such increased levy. Such election shall be held under the 
general election laws of the State at the regular voting precincts 
in the city and by the regular precinct election officials, and in such 
election the amount of the proposed levy shall be printed upon the 
ballot, with the words “for the levy” and “against the levy,” to the 
left of which shall be printed a square in which the elector shall 
stamp to indicate his choice. Notice of such election signed by the 
Mayor and City Clerk shall be published in at least three consecu- 
tive issues of a daily newspaper published in the City, the first 
publication to be at least seven days prior to the date of the elec- 
tion. Said notice shall name and state the voting places where 
said election shall be held, and the purpose for which it is held. 
The Mayor and City Council shall cause to be prepared and printed 
the ballots for said election and all other necessary blanks for hold- 
ing said election and making the returns of the same, and the city 
shall pay all expenses for holding said election. No election for an 
increased levy shall be valid unless fifty per cent of the qualified 
electors in the city, as shown by the last preceding election, shall 
vote thereon. The returns of such special election shall be made 
to and canvassed by the Mayor and City Council at a meeting held 
in the Council Chambers on the next day after said election. If 
the levy voted upon shall be approved by a majority of those vot- 
ing for and against such levy and the total number voting for and 
against such levy shall be the proportion of the qualified electors 
of the City hereinabove required, then the Mayor and City Coun- 
cil shall direct the City Clerk to certify the same to the County Of- 
ficer whose duty it is to extend and make up the tax roll, and such 
certification shall be his authority for extending said levy upon the 
tax rolls. In case the levy voted upon shall not be approved by a 
majority of those voting for and against such levy, then the City 
Clerk shall so certify to the City Excise Board, and the City Excise 
Board shall thereupon fix a levy not exceeding the limit authorized 
by the laws of the State for Cities of the first class, as hereinabove 
provided, and shall cause such levy to be certified to the County 
Official whose duty it is to extend the same upon the tax roll as 
hereinabove provided. 


SECTION 158—ADVALOREM TAXES COLLECTION; GOV- 
ERNED BY STATE LAWS. 

Except as herein provided, the assessment, equalization, levy, 
and collection of all ad valorem taxes in the City of Muskogee shall 
be made, had and carried on as now provided by the general laws 
of the State. 


SECTION 159—VALIDITY. 

If any section or provision of this Article shall be held to be 
invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the Article as a 
whole or any part thereof other than the part or parts held to be 
invalid. 


DRUGS AND NARCOTICS 151 


CHAPTER V. 


DRUGS AND NARCOTICS. 


Article. Article. 
I. Wood Alcohol. | II. Opium, Coco Leaves, Etc. 
ARTICLE I. 


WOOD ALCOHOL. 


Section. Section. 
160. Regulating sale Wood or 161. Retailer to keep record 
Denatured Alcohol. of sales. 


162. Penalty for violation. 


Ordinance 1163. 


SECTION 160—REGULATING SALE. 


It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- 
tion to sell, or keep, or offer for sale at retail, or to give away or 
otherwise furnish, or to keep or to have in possession for any pur- 
pose, except for sale by wholesale and for the manufacture of 
paints, any WOOD ALCOHOL or DENATURED ALCOHOL or 
product or solution or any mixture thereof except paints unless 
the said wood alcohol or denatured alcohol shall be or shall have 
been treated with a green coloring matter so that the same shall 
have a distinctly dark green color. 


SECTION 161—RETAILER TO KEEP RECORD OF SALES. 


Every person, firm or corporation who shall sell at retail, or 
give away or otherwise furnish Wood Alcohol or Denatured Alco- 
hol shall keep a full and complete record of each transaction, in- 
cluding the name of the purchaser and the amount and date of 
purchase. Said record shall be kept in the place of business of the 
person, firm or corporation making such sale or sales, and shall 
be open at all time to public inspection; and such person, firm or 
corporation making such sale or sales shall on or before the 5th 
day of each month furnish to the Chief of Police a copy of the rec- 
ord of sales made during the previous month; and any sale of such 
product, any composition, solution or mixture thereof shall have 
stamped or pasted on the container a poison label showing that the 
contents are poisonous. 


152 DRUGS AND NARCOTICS 


SECTION 162—PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. 


Any person found guilty of violating this article, or any provi- 
sion thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding nineteen 
dollars and ninety-five cents ($19.95). 


ARTICLE II. 


OPIUM, COCOA LEAVES, ETC. 


Section. Section. 


163. Unlawful to possess or intoxicated condition. 
sell Opium, etc. 166. Habitual user declared a 
164. Unlawful to transport, common vagrant. 
etc. 167. Defining word “person.” 


165. Unlawful to appear in an 168. Penalty. 


‘Ordinance 1187. 


SECTION 163—UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS OR SELL OPIUM, 
COCOA LEAVES, ETC. 


It shall be unlawful, for any person to possess, use, compound, 
sell, deal in, dispense or give away opium or cocoa leaves or any 
compound, manufacture, salt, derivative or preparation thereof ex- 
cept the same be done in strict accordance and full compliance 
with the laws of the State of Oklahoma and of the United States 
pertaining thereto and the rules and regulations prescribed there- 
under. 


SECTION 164—UNLAWFUL TO TRANSPORT, ETC. 


It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, transport or de- 
liver from any point or place in the City of Muskogee, to another 
point or place therein any opium or cocoa leaves or any compound, 
manufacture, salt, derivative or preparation thereof except the 
same be a lawful purchase under the laws of the State of Okla- 
homa and of the United States and the rules and regulations per- 
taining thereto. 


SECTION 165—UNLAWFUL TO APPEAR IN INTOXICATED 
CONDITION. 


It shall be unlawful for any person to be or appear upon the 
streets, alleys, or in any other public place or places in the City of 
Muskogee in a drunken or intoxicated condition from the use of 
opium or cocoa leaves or any compound, manufacture, salt, deriva- 
tive or preparation thereof. - 


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SECTION 166—HABITUAL USER DECLARED A COMMON 
VAGRANT. 


Any habitual user of opium or cocoa leaves or any compound, 
manufacture, salt, derivative or preparation thereof to the extent 
of producing intoxication shall be deemed to be a common vagrant 
and punished as in this Article provided. 


SECTION 167—THE WORD “PERSON” TO INCLUDE COR- 
PORATION, ETC. 


The word “person” as used in this Article shall be construed to 
mean and include a partnership, association, company, or corpora- 
tion as well as a natural person. 


SECTION 168—PENALTY. 


That any person who violates any of the provisions of this 
Article shall on conviction be fined not more than $19.95. 


CHAPTER VI. 


BLECTRIC RAILROADS. 


Article I. Regulation, Con- Bite. 
struction, Opera- Article II. Tenders and Sand 
tion, Maintenance, Boxes. 
ARTICLE I. 
REGULATION, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAINTEN- 
ANCE, ETC. 
Section. Section. 
169. To what roads applicable. 174. To hold City harmless. 
170. Successors to officers 175. Materials; barricades, 


City Supervision. 
176. Plans to be submitted tc 
City Council. 


and boards. 
171. Poles and wires. 


172. Street improvement. tse, City may make repairs, 
173. Notice of cutting pave- when. 
ment. 178. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 590. 


Section 169. TO WHAT ROADS APPLICABLE. The pro- 
visions of this ordinance shall apply to all electric traction rail- 
roads or railways of whatever kind, constructed or to be construct- 


154 Le ELECTRIC RAILROADS 


ed within the streets, alleys, and public places of the City of Mus- 
kogee. 

Section 170. SUCCESSORS TO OFFICERS AND BOARDS. 
Wherever in this ordinance any board or officer of the City of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma, is named and such board or officer is abol- 
ished by law, then in such event, the rights reserved to and the 
obligations imposed upon such board or officer shall be reserved to 
and imposed upon any successor to such board or officer when- 
ever any such successor may be designated. 


Section 171. POLES AND WIRES. The poles to be placed 
‘for supporting the trolley wires shall not be less than twenty-five 
feet in height and not less than one hundred twenty-five feet apart, 
lengthwise of the street or avenue, and the material used shall be 
either iron or wood, as may be determined by the City Council of 
said City; the trolley wires, suspended therefrom shall not be less 
than seventeen feet above the ground. All poles and posts owned 
and used by any company or person operating a street railway shall 
be well and ‘sufficiently painted and shall not be maintained or used 
in violation of the Charter, or of any ordinance of this City. Poles 
of other persons, companies, or corporations may be used by any 
company or person operating such railway on obtaining the con- - 
sent of the owners thereof; and the consent must be procured 
when possible, to use the poles already erected wherever they are 
so located that they may be used; and the City Council shall deter- 
mine as to the practicability of such joint use of poles and as to — 
where they shall be located. In erecting the poles for its trolley 
and other necessary wires, and in strengthening its wires they shall 
be so placed as to interfere as little as possible with the use and 
enjoyment of other property along the line of said railways, and 
the orders and directions of the City Council with reference to 
placing and changing said poles and wires shall be followed. When 
trolley wires shall cross any other electric wires previously 
placed, good and sufficient guard wires shall be maintained at all 
times by the Company or person operating said street railway. 
Should the City of Muskogee desire at any time to place any wires, 
signs, or arches spanning any of the streets covered by any fran- 
chise granting the right to span a street railway, the City of Mus- 
kogee may use any of the poles for Ae or supporting such 
wires, signs or arches. 


Section 172. STREET IMPROVEMENT. Every company or 
person constructing or operating any street railway system within 
the City shall grade and otherwise improve the streets along which 
any track is laid or may be laid as ordered by the City Council and 
as provided by the laws of Oklahoma. 


Section 173. NOTICE OF CUTTING PAVEMENT. Street 
railway companies or persons operating the same, shall not tear 
up any pavement or dig into or remove any portion of the surface 
of the street or avenue or alley without giving twenty-four hours 


ELECTRIC RAILROADS 155 


notice in writing of its intention so to do, the same to be served 
upon the City Engineer, except in cases of emergency. ~ 


Section 174. TO HOLD CITY HARMLESS. Every person 
or company operating a street railroad or railway within the City 
shall save the City harmless from all claims for damages by acci- 
dent or otherwise to person or property; arising or to arise in any 
way, because of the failure or neglect of such person or company 
to keep in proper and safe condition the portions of the streets re- 
quired by law to be paved by such company or person; and from 
damages arising from any fault or neglect of such person or com- 
pany, their officers, agents and servants. 


peciioult/io, eM AERIS BARRICADES Ob DY oO SUH Re 
VISION. No material shall be used in the construction, altera- 
tion or repair of street railways, or railroad tracks, poles or wires 
or in paving or otherwise improving or repairing any street or 
avenue without the inspection and approval, first had of the City 
Council, or its properly authorized officer or committee. When 
repairs, alterations, or other improvements are being made, a good, 
sufficient, and safe road or driveway, shall be kept open and free 
to use by the public, and all excavations, or embankments or other 
dangerous places caused by the said company in the making of 
said repairs and improvements shall be well and properly barricaded 
by day and night so as to prevent accidents and injuries to persons 
and property; and all. work shall be done under the supervision of 
the City Council or its proper officers or committee; and no por- 
tion of any street or avenue shall be torn up or barricaded longer 
than is actually necessary; and unused materials, refuse or debris 
shall be cleared away as soon as possible. 


Section 1/6. PLANS TO BE, SUBMITTED TO CITY COUN- 
CIL. Before entry upon any street or avenue for the purpose of 
laying, altering, or changing the tracks or rails thereof, and when- 
ever it shall become necessary to change, repair or renew the same 
on account of any grading, paving, repairing, or improvement of 
whatever kind, the company or person about to make said improve- 
ment shall prepare and submit to the City Council, for its approval, 
a complete plan and diagram, showing the proposed track or tracks, 
the plan of construction thereof, material to be used therein, the 
kind, and size of trolley and return wires, and system of returning 
the electricity to the power station; the form and kind of rails to 
be laid; the location, character, and purposes of all side tracks, 
turnouts, switches, curves and other accessories, and when such 
plans shall have met the approval of said Council, the tracks, side- 
tracks, turnouts, switches, curves, and other accessories shall be 
constructed under the supervision of the Council and in conformity 
with their direction and in such manner and of such material and 
design as they may direct; and no change shall be made in any of 
the plans of the said road; its tracks, or rails except upon applica- 
tion to and by the approval of said City Council. 


156 ELECTRIC RAILROADS 


Section 177. CITY MAY MAKE REPAIRS, WHEN. If any 
electric traction company shall fail to make any reasonable im- 
provements or repairs provided for in this ordinance, or ordered 
by the City Council, after reasonable notice in writing by the City, 
said improvements and repairs shall be made by the City at the 
costs and expense of said company and the same shall constitute a 
lien until paid upon the property of said company. 

Section 178. PENALTY. It shall be unlawful for any offi- 
cial, agent, or employee of any electric traction company, operating 
within the City of Muskogee, to knowingly violate any of the pro- 
visions of this article, or of the other ordinances of the City of 
Muskogee regulating such companies and street railway systems, 
or to knowingly disregard any of the reasonable directions of the 
City Council, and any person found guilty under this section shall 
be punished in any sum not exceeding a fine of nineteen dollars and 
ninety-five cents, ($19.95). Each day’s violation of any of the 
provisions of this article shall constitute a separate offense. 


ARTICLE II. 


FENDERS AND SAND BOXES. 


Section. Section. 
179. Fenders and sand boxes, 181. Sand boxes; how con- 
required. structed. 
180. Fenders; how attached. 182. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 803. 


Section 179. FENDERS AND SAND BOXES, REQUIRED. 
That it shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated upon 
any street railroad within the limits of the City of Muskogee, any 
car without first equipping it with fenders and sand boxes. 


Section 180. FENDERS; HOW ATTACHED. That the 
fenders herein required shall be so constructed and placed and 
maintained upon each car so as to afford the best possible protec- 
tion to persons or things with whom such car might come in con- 
tact. Said fenders to be subject to the approval of the City Man- 
ager. 

section 181. SAND BOXES; HOW CONSTRUCTEDi fiae 
the sand boxes herein required and the apparatus necessary to 
properly operate the same shall be sufficient and adequate for the 
purposes for which they are intended, and such sand boxes shall 
be kept well filled with sand at all times while the car is in use and 
shall be so constructed and placed and maintained upon each car 
as to supply sand to the rails instantly when the valves are opened. 


Section 182. PENALTY. That any President, Manager, 


ELECTRIC RAILROADS—FIRE PROTECTION 157 


Treasurer, Secretary, Superintendent or employee of any street 
railroad within the limits of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who 
shall operate or cause to be operated any car upon such street rail- 
road without first equipping same with fenders and sand boxes, as 
provided in this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Nine- 
teen and 95-100 Dollars, and for each and every day such car shall 
Pe: operated without such equipment shall constitute a separate 
offense. 


CHAPTER VII. 


FIRE PROTECTION. 


Article I. Fire Department. Article IV. Fire Alarm System. 

Article II. Fire Limits. Article V. Firemen’s Relief 

Article III. Gas Hose. and Pension Fund. 
ARTICLE I. 


FIRE DEPARTMENT. 


Section. Section. 
183. Creating Department and 188. Salaries. 
eo age eruleece®: 189. Destruction of buildings 
. Duties o ief. spat 
185. Further Antes of Chief. se CEH TURES CIM. RUE 
186. Further duties of Chief. direct when. 
187. Chief may prescribe 190. Chief to devote entire 
rules; vacations. time. 


Ordinance No. 980. Fire Department—Providing for. 
Ordinance No. 1160. Fire Department Employees—Vacations. 


Section 183. CREATING DEPARTMENT AND PROVID- 

ING EMPLOYEES. That there be and there is hereby created 
a fire department of the City of Muskogee and that the employees 
thereof, shall consist of a Chief of the Fire Department, and such 
assistants, captains, engineers and other employees as in the judg- 
ment and opinion of the City Manager may be required for the sate 
and efficient work and administration of said department and all 
such officers and employees shall be appointed by the City Man- 
ager. 

Section 184. DUTIES OF CHIEF. The Chief of the Fire 
Department shall at all times have charge, supervision, and control 
over all engines, hose and hose carts, and all other property of the 
City belonging to or used by the fire department, and shall see that 
said property is kept from loss and waste, and is at all times in 


158 FIRE PROTECTION. 


good condition for use. The Chief of the Fire Department shall be 
responsible for the training and disciplining of the men under his 
control. 


Section 185. FURTHER DUTIES OF CHIEF. It shall be 
the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to advise from time 
to time with the City Manager and to make suggestions relative 
to and for the benefit of the fire department. 


Section 186. FURTHER DUTIES OF CHIEF. The Chief 
of the Fire Department shall have absolute control at all fires, 
and upon the alarm of fire being given shall go to the place of 
the fire and assume control thereof. He shall have power to arrest 
any or all persons who may fail, refuse or neglect to obey his orders 
relative to the management and control of such fires. 


He shall make a monthly repoft to the City Manager, on the 
first day of each calendar month, of the number of fires occurring, 
within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, the value of 
the losses of the property involved and the amount of insurance cov- 
ering such loss. He shall likewise make an annual report to the City 
Manager, showing condition of all fire stations, fire apparatus, 
horses, buildings, and all other property belonging to and in use by 
said fire department. 


Section 187. CHIEF. MAY PRESCRIBE RULES; VACA- 
TIONS. The Chief of the Fire Department shall have authority 
to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the conduct of 
the members of the Fire Department, the advancement of the mem- 
bers thereof in regard to their rank, the duties to be performed, 
the physical exercises, and the moral and physical discipline, and 
to grant a term, or terms, of vacation, not to exceed fourteen (14) 
days during each year, for the employees of such Department, 
providing, that no vacation shall be granted to any employee until 
he has served in said Department for a period of one (1) year prior 
to the granting of any term of vacation. Such rules and regula- 
tions as promulgated by the Chief of the Fire Department shall 
have a general application to all members of the Department so 
that, unless for good reason, no member shall be discriminated 
against. 


Section 188. SALARIES. The Chief of the Fire Department, 
and other officers and members of the said Department, shall re- 
ceive such salaries as may be fixed by the City Manager. 


Section 189. .DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS TO;CHEGE 
FIRE; CHIEF MAY DIRECT WHEN. The Chief of the Fire 
Department may direct any hook and ladder or other company 
present to cut down and remove or blow up with explosives, or 
otherwise demolish any building or erection during the progress 
of a fire, for the purpose of checking and extinguishing the fire. 
: Section 190, CHIEF TO DEVOTE ENTIRE TIME. The 
Chief of the Fire Department shall devote his entire time to the 
duties of his position. | 


FIRE PROTECTION 


ARTICLE II. 


FIRE LIMITS. 


Section. 


191) 


Limits defined. 


159 


Section. 
204. Construction under super- 


vision of City Engineer. 
Unlawful to make deliv- 
ery of gasoline, etc., on 
streets. 

May deliver one gallon to 
stalled motor vehicle. 
Construction of gasoline 
service station, etc., pro- 
hibited without permit 
from City Clerk. 
Regulating construction 
outside fire limits; must 
obtain consent property 
owners. 


. Must obtain license fee. 
. Regulating erection 


cleaning establishments, 
etc., outside fire limits. 


. Must make application 


and obtain consent of 
property owners, etc. 


. Must obtain spark ar- 


resters for certain flues, 
etc. 

Failure to obtain declared 
to be public nuisance. 
Penalty. 


Powder House, Misdemeanor to maintain 


Frame structures in Fire Limits—Declared 


Regulating Storage of Oil, etc. 
Regulating Storage of Oil—Amending No. 
1120. | 


Proving for spark arresters, etc. 
Regulating construction gasoline stations, 


Regulating sale gasoline on streets. 


192. Building Regulations. 
193. Repairs to frame build- 205. 
ings. 
194, Relocating frame _ build- 206 
ings. 
195. Material for external 207. 
covering. 
196. Temporary one story 
sheds. 
197. Frame structures within 208. 
fire limits declared a 
nuisance. 
198. Burning trash inside fire 
: limits. 209 
199. Burning trash outside 210 
fire limits. 
200. Misdemanor to convey 
nitroglycerine through eu 
City. 
201. Misdemeanor to main- 
tain powder house with- 212 
in City. 
202. Each day a separate of- 
fense. 213. 
203. Regulating storage of oil 
above ground. 214. 
Ordinance No. 162. 
within City Limits. 
Ordinance No. 495. 
a nuisance. 
Ordinance No. 858. Fire Limits—Defined. 
Ordinance No. 1120. 
Ordinance No. 1123. 
Ordinance No. 1214. 
Ordinance No. 1220. 
etc. 
Ordinance ‘No. 1230. 
Ordinance No. 1244. 


Prohibiting Cleaning Establishments, etc., 


outside fire limits. 


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Section 191. LIMITS DEFINED. That all that part of the 
City of Muskogee lying, being and situated within the limits herein- 
after set forth and described shall be known as the fire iimits of 
said city, which said limits are in words and figures as follows, 
to-wit : 

Beginning at a point where the center line of the St. Louis and 
San Francisco Railway Company’s main track intersects the north 
and south alley in Block 367; thence northerly with said alley and 
the alley through Block 383 to Baltimore Avenue; thence easterly 
with Baltimore Avenue; to South “C” Street ; thence northerly with 
“C” Street to the intersection with the east and west alley through 
Block 387; thence easterly with the alley through Block 387 to 
“D” Street; thence northerly with “D” Street to a point one hun- 
dred and sixty (160 feet) feet south of Dayton Street; thence 
westerly with original alley through Block 392 to southwest cor- 
ner of Lot 4, Block 392; thence northerly with the west line of said 
Lot 4, Block 392, to Dayton Street; thence easterly along Dayton 
Street to intersection of north and south alley in Block 393; thence 
northerly with said north and south alley in Block 393 to Elmira 
Street; thence westerly with Elmira Street to North “C” Street ;. 
thence northerly with North “C” Street to Fon du Lac Street; 
thence westerly with Fon du Lac Street to Altamont Street; thence 
southerly with Altamont Street and the north and south alleys in 
Blocks 243 and 242 to the intersection of the east and west alley 
in said Block 242, known as East Street; thence westerly with said 
Fast Street to North Fifth Street; thence southerly with North 
Fifth Street to Court Street ; thence westerly with Court Street to 
North Seventh Street; thence southerly with North Seventh Street 
to intersection of Okmulgee Avenue; thence easterly with Okmul- 
gee Avenue to the northeast corner of Lot 2, in Block 55; thence 
southerly with the east line of said Lot 2, in Block 55, to the south- 
east corner of said Lot 2 at intersection of east and west alley in 
said Block 55; thence easterly with said east and west alley in Block 
55 to northeast corner of Lot 14 in said Block 55; thence southerly 
with east line of said Lot 14 in Block 55 to Columbus Avenue; 
thence westerly with Columbus Avenue to intersection of Owen 
Street; thence southerly with Owen Street to intersection of Elgin 
Avenue; thence easterly with Elgin Avenue to intersection of Main 
Street ; thence southerly with Main Street to intersection with cen- 
ter line of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company’s 
main track; thence easterly with the center line of the St. Louis 
and San Francisco Railway Company’s main track to the point of 
beginning. 


Section 192. BUILDING REGULATIONS. The outer walls 
and walls of every building hereafter erected or enlarged within 
the fire limits, shall be built only of brick, stone or other equally 
substantial and incombustible materials: Provided, however, that 
if any person or persons desire to increase the height of any wood- 
en dwelling or any part thereof, already erected and situated with- 


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in the fire limits, and the height of such building, when completed 
will not exceed two stories, the Council of the City of Muskogee 
may grant a permit therefor, if, in their judgment, the fire haz- 
ard will not be increased thereby; and, provided further, that the 
second story of any dwelling may be constructed of wood with 
brick, veneer or stucco plaster if the walls of the first story there- 
of are of incombustible materials and at least eight inches thick. 


A frame building may be built within the fire limits if such 
dwelling is not over two stories high; is veneered with at least 
four inches of incombustible material; properly anchored to frame 
walls and is provided with incombustible roof. 


section 193. REPAIRS TO FRAME BUILDINGS: » It-shall 
be unlawful to repair, or alter, frame buildings within the fire 
limits of the City of Muskogee, if, in the opinion of the Building 
Inspector, such building has been damaged from any cause, or 
causes, to the extent of twenty-five per cent, of the value of a 
similar new building, and any such building shall be torn down and 
removed when so ordered by the Building Inspector. 


No alteration or change in plan or size of such structure shall 
be made, or other changes which may allow a use, or uses, other 
than that for which the structure was originally intended. 


Section 194. RELOCATING FRAME BUILDINGS. When- 
ever frame buildings heretofore erected within the fire limits shall 
be moved, they shall not be relocated within the fire limits, except 
by permission of the Council of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 195. MATERIAL FOR EXTERNAL COVERING. 
The external covering of all roofs, cornices, gutters, eaves and 
parapets, within the fire limits, shall be of incombustible materials. 
No undercovered tar, tar or rosin paper, composition, felt or wood 
shall in any way be exposed on any roof or its appendages. Every 
composition roofing material shall be protected with a permanent 
covering or gravel or crushed stone, subject to the approval of the 
Inspector, except when such composition is laid upon a fire-proof 
roof. | 


Section 196. TEMPORARY ONE STORY SHEDS. Tem- 
porary one-story frame sheds may be erected within the fire lim- 
its, for the use of builders, adjacent to buildings in course of con- 
struction, but shall be demolished or removed upon the completion 
of such buildings. 


Section 197. FRAME STRUCTURES WITHIN FIRE LIM- 
ITS DECLARED A NUISANCE. All frame structures now locat- 
ed within the fire limits of the City of Muskogee which are not 
such buildings in nature and kind of construction as are permitted 
by this article to be erected within the fire limits of said City, are 
hereby defined to be nuisances, and when any owner, or his, her 
or its agent of any such building or structure refuses to remove 


162 FIRE PROTECTION 


from the fire limits of said City, or destroy the same upon due and 
reasonable notice to any such owner or agent, said notice to be 
given at the direction of the said City Council of said City, and for 
the length of time it may prescribe, then said City by and through 
its proper officers at the expiration of said notice shall destroy 
said building or structure in such manner as the City Council may 
direct. 


Section 198. BURNING TRASH INSIDE FIRE LIMITS. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or 
maintain any fire, or cause any fire to be started or maintained 
outside of a building and inside the fire limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee, for the purpose of burning any waste paper, weeds, hay, 
straw, or other combustible material, rubbish, waste or trash of 
any description. 


Section 199... BURNING TRASH OUTSIDE Vii 
LIMITS: It shall be unlawful for any person to start or maintain 
any fire or cause any fire to be started or maintained outside of a 
building and outside of the fire limits of the City of Muskogee, for 
the purpose of burning any refuse, waste paper, weeds, hay, straw, . 
or other inflammable material, rubbish, waste or trash of any de-- 
scription, unless the same be burned within an incombustible re- 
ceptacle so constructed and equipped as to prevent the contents 
of the same or fire therefrom escaping, except with the permission 
and under the direction of the Chief of the Fire Department. 


Section 200. MISDEMEANOR TO CONVEY WNITRO- 
GLYCERINE THROUGH CITY. Any person hauling or con- 
veying in any truck, automobile, wagon, buggy, hack or transfer 
wagon, or other vehicle, within or through the corporate limits of 
the City of Muskogee, any Nitro-glycerine shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 


Section 201. MISDEMEANOR TO MAINTAIN POWDER 
HOUSE WITHIN CITY. Any person maintaining any powder 
house or magazine, or any house for the purpose of storing any 
explosives therein within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 


Section 202. EVERY DAY A SEPARATE OF PENS Breas 
every day any person shall permit any powder house or magazine, 
or any house used for the storing of explosives to stand, with any 
such explosives stored therein, after five days notice by the Fire 
Chief or Chief of Police, shall be deemed a separate offense. 


Section 203. REGULATING STORAGE OF OIL ABOVE 
GROUND. That all oil, gasoline, naptha, kerosene and other like 
liquids, kept in storage in quantities of more than sixty gallons in 
the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, above ground, shall be kept in 
metal tanks or concrete tanks erected on stone, brick, concrete or 
steel bases or piers, and all such tanks which shall be erected or 


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constructed hereafter shall be enclosed in a concrete basin with a ~ 
capacity sufficiently large to contain at least one and one-half 
times the capacity of said storage tanks so enclosed. 


Section 204. CONSTRUCTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF 
CITY ENGINEER. The construction and maintenance of said 
storage tanks shall be under the direction and supervision of the 
City Engineer of the City of Muskogee, and shall be approved by 
him as adequate in construction and size. 


Section 205. UNLAWFUL TO MAKE DELIVERY OF 
GASOLINE, ETC., ON STREETS. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation to sell and deliver or to make de- 
livery on the streets, alley ways and other public thoroughfares 
and grounds of the City of Muskogee, of any gasoline or other 
volatile liquids of similar character from any tank, tank car, wagon 
or other container to any person, firm, corporation, motor car, 
motor truck or other vehicle where such sale and delivery or such 
delivery requires that said gasoline or other volatile liquids of sim- 
ilar character be changed from one container to another, except 
that such sale and delivery or such delivery may be made by a reg- 
ular dealer from containers of well recognized and approved con- 
struction to filling stations, stores and other dealers in the said 
products, but such delivery must be made from an alley at the rear 
of said place of business when that is at all practicable or feasible 
and when delivery is being made to any store or other place of 
business located in a building the most approved means and con- 
tainers for handling said liquids must be employed to the end that 
said liquids shall be openly exposed as little as possible, and when 
delivery is being made to underground containers or filling sta- 
tions then so far as possible said liquids must be conducted from 
container to such underground place of storage through pipes and 
under no circumstances shall such delivery be made except when 
a capable, competent person is actually and constantly present 
supervising the same. 


Section 206. MAY DELIVER ONE GALLON TO STALLED 
MOTOR VEHICLE. If an automobile, motor truck or other mo- 
tor vehicle shall become stalled on any street, alley way or other 
public thoroughfare or grounds of the city of Muskogee because of 
the entire exhaustion of its supply of gasoline, then a sufficient 
amount of gasoline (in no event to exceed one gallon) may be de- 
livered to said car, truck or vehicle to run it to the nearest filling 
station. 


Section 207. CONSTRUCTION OF GASOLINE SERVICE 
STATION, ETC., PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMIT.FROM 
CITY CLERK. The construction or installation of any gasoline 
service station, building, plant, machine or storage place for gaso- 
line, any garage for commercial or public use, repair shop, ma- 
chine shop or blacksmith shop, within the City of Muskogee, Okla- 


164 . FIRE PROTECTION 


homa, is hereby prohibited, except upon a permit issued by the 
City Clerk of said City as provided in Section 209 hereof. 


Section 208. REGULATING CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE 
FIRE LIMITS: MUST OBTAIN CONSENT @@k@ri 
OWNERS. The construction, installation or operation of any 
gasoline service station or gasoline filling station or of any station, 
building, plant, machinery or storage place for gasoline to be used 
for or in connection with such gasoline service station or gasoline 
filling station, or any garage for commercial or public use, repair 
shop, machine shop or blacksmith shop within the City of Mus- 
kogee, Oklahoma, outside of the fire limits of said City as estab- 
lished by ordinance thereof, is hereby prohibited, except with the 
consent in writing of the owners of two-thirds of the property, 
estimated by the front feet thereof, lying within 300 feet of the 
proposed gasoline filling station, garage for commercial or public 
uses, machine shop, repair shop or blacksmith shop, except upon 
the issuance of the permit provided for in section 209 hereof. 


Section 209. MUST OBTAIN LICENSE FEE. Upon appli- 
cation to the City Clerk of said City by any person, firm or corpora- 
tion for a permit to erect, install and operate a gasoline service 
station or gasoline filling station, building, plant, machinery and 
storage place for gasoline to be used in connection with such gaso- 
line service station, garage for commercial or public use, repair 
shop, machine shop or blacksmith shop, accompanied by plans, 
specifications and location of said proposed plant, service station, 
storage place for gasoline, garage for commercial or public uses, 
repair shop, machine shop or blacksmith shop, and accompanied by 
a license fee of $5.00 paid to the said City of Muskogee, if it ap- 
pears that said plans, specifications and locations are in compliance 
with this ordinance and all other ordinances of the said City of 
Muskogee, the City Clerk shall issue such permit; Provided, that 
if said proposed location is outside the fire limits of the said City 
of Muskogee the application for said permit shall be accompanied 
by the consent in writing of two-thirds of the property owners as 
provided in Section 207 hereof; otherwise, the permit shall be re- 
fused. 


Section 210. REGULATING ERECTION (Cl) EyAapiene 
ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC., OUTSIDE FIRE LIMITS?) fie 
erection or construction of a cleaning establishment, a grocery 
store or any other business or sales houses, and the installation 
and conducting of a cleaning establishment, grocery store, or any 
other kind of business whatever in any house or structure not now 
used for such business, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma, and outside the fire limits of said City as 
now or hereafter defined, is hereby prohibited except on a permit 
issued by the City Clerk of said City as hereinafter provided. 


Section 211. MUST MAKE APPLICATION AND OBTAIN 
CONSENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS, ETC. No permit shall be 


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issued by the City Clerk for the erection or construction of any 
cleaning establishment, grocery store, or other business house, or 
for the establishment, conducting or operation of any cleaning 
establishment, grocery store or any other kind of business, outside 
the fire limits of the City of Muskogee as now or hereafter estab- 
lished, except upon a written application for such permit stating 
fully the nature and kind of business to be established and con- 
ducted, the number of the lot and block where such business is to 
be established and conducted, or building erected, and the name of 
the proprietor or owner of such business, and unless such applica- 
tion is accompanied by the written consent of the owners of 75 
per cent of all the property situated within three hundred feet of 
any part of the lot on which said business is to be established and 
conducted. The fee for the issuance of such permit shall be $5.00. 
No such permit shall be required for any business to be conducted 
within the fire limits of said City, except as may be required by 
Ordinance No. 1220, it being the intention that no part of said 
Ordinance Number 1220 shall be repealed by any provision hereof. 


Seciomest2 MUST OBILAIN (SPARK -ARRESTERS, ROR 
CERTAIN FLUES, ETC. Any person who maintains or operates 
or causes to be maintained or operated within the corporate. lim- 
its of the City of Muskogee any engine, power plant, furnace, heat- 
ing plant or other business in connection with which fuel is con- 
sumed in such quantities as to cause live sparks or dense black or 
thick grey smoke to be emitted into the open air from any smoke 
stack, chimney, pipe or flue at such time or in such quantities as 
to annoy, injure, or endanger the comfort, repose, health and safety 
of others, or in any way render other persons insecure in the enjoy- 
ment and use of property in close proximity of such smoke stack, 
chimney pipe or flue, shall install the best known and most ap- 
proved spark arresters and smoke consumers to the end that the 
emission of live sparks and dense black or thick grey smoke from 
the chimneys and flues in the City of Muskogee may be abated so 
far as it is practical and possible so to do. 


Section 213. FAILURE TO OBTAIN DECLARED TO BE 
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any person who maintains or operates or 
causes to be maintained or operated within the corporate limits of 
the City of Muskogee any plant or business of the character de- 
fined in Section one of this ordinance without installing the best 
known and most approved spark arresters and smoke consumers 
shall be guilty of maintaining a public nuisance and each day such 
plant or business is so operated, shall constitute a separate offense. 


Section 214. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation 
who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon con- 
viction, be fined in any sum not exceeding nineteen dollars and 
ninety-five cents ($19.95), and each day a condition contrary to 
the provisions of this article is permitted to exist, shall constitute 
a separate offense. 


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ARTICLE III. | 


GAS HOSE. 
Section. Section. 
215. Flexible material; pro- 216. Penalty. 


hibited. 


~ Ordinance No. 875. 


Section 215. FLEXIBLE MATERIAL; PROHIBITED. It 
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or 
use in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, any hose made of cloth, 
rubber or other flexible material for the purpose of connecting 
lights or stoves with gas pipes for lighting or heating any room, 
house, tent or building whatever; provided, that upon written con- 
sent first being obtained from the Chief of the Fire Department 
the use of a flexible metal hose shall be permitted, subject to such 
conditions as may be imposed by said Chief of Fire Department. 

Section 216. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation 
violating any of the provisions of this article, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not 
more than nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($19.95) for each 
offense. Each and every day of such violation shall constitute a 
separate offense. 


ARTICLE IV. 


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. 


Section. Section. 
217. Protection of system. 219. Penalty. 
218. False Alarm. 


Ordinance No. 519. 


Section 217. PROTECTION OF SYSTEM. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person or persons to cut or sever or cause to be cut 
or severed, or interfered with in any manner, any wire of the fire 
alarm telegraph system in the City of Muskogee, or remove or — 
change the same or cut, injure, change, alter or remove any pole, 
cross-arm, bracket or other support upon which said wires rest 
or in which said wires are enclosed, or disconnect said wires or 
any of them, from the gongs, alarm boxes or instruments connected 
with said fire alarm telegraph, or cause in any manner the work- 
ing of the same to become obstructed or interfered with without 
being first duly authorized so to do by the Chief of the Fire De- 


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partment nor shall any person deface or in any manner injure any 
of the fire alarm boxes or any instruments or appliances connect- 
ed with or belonging to said fire alarm telegraph or tamper with 
or obstruct in any manner whatever the boxes, keys or glass upon 
any of said boxes, or make or cause to be made, without authority 
from the Chief-of the Fire Department, keys to any alarm box or 
boxes or to use or cause to be used any such unauthorized key so 
made; nor shall any person place or fasten over or upon any fire 
alarm box, a hand bill, notices or sign of any kind except the signs 
placed upon the same by direction of the Chief of the Fire Depart- 
ment and pertaining to the fire alarm service; nor shall any per- 
son hitch or cause to be hitched any horse or animal to any pole 
upon which is situated a fire alarm box. 

Section 218. FALSE ALARM. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to knowingly give or cause to be given any false 
alarm of fire by means of an alarm box connected with the fire 
alarm telegraph or give or cause to be given without authority 
from the Chief of the Fire’ Department or his assistant by means 
of any such signalling key at the time a fire is in progress, any 
second or general alarm from the same fire, or cause to be given 
an alarm by telephone, or electrical call alarm, knowing that the 
same is false or to enter at any time any Fire Department station, 
and manipulate or tamper with the alarm telegraph, telephone, or 
other electrical appliances connected with the fire alarm service 
without authority to do so. 

Section 219. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the 
provisions of this article shall upon conviction thereof be fined in 
any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


ARTICLE V. 


FIREMEN’S RELIEF AND PENSION FUND. 


Section. Section. 
220. Creating Board. 227. Roster of Membership. 
221. Amount of Pension. 228. Report of Accidents. 
222. Pension; disabled fire- 229. Claims; presentation. 


230 orm: o1eG@laims, 


men. 
223. Certificate of disability. a, Reet Miabiliees ihe one 
224. Sick or Accident Bene- week. 
fits. } 233. Fund; donations to. 
225. Death in Discharge of 234. Claims; attestation. 
Duty. 235. Funds prorated if insuf- 
226. Appeals from Board. ficient. 


Ordinance No. 932. 


Section 220. CREATING BOARD. That there is hereby 


168 FIRE PROTECTION 


created a Board of Trustees of “The Firemen’s Relief and Pension 
Fund” of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, composed of the Mayor, 
City Clerk, City Treasurer and two members of the City Fire De- 
partment as is provided for in article V of chapter 29 of the com- 
piled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921. 


Section 221. AMOUNT OF .-PENSION. That a monthly 
Service Pension equal to one-half (1-2) the amount of the salary 
attached to the rank which he may have held on such Fire Depart- 
ment preceding his retirement, and in no case shall the payment 
be less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per month, shall be paid 
to each of the members of the Fire Department, who has served 
for a period of twenty (20) years or more in some Fire Depart- 
ment in the State of Oklahoma, five (5) years of which shall have 
been consecutive, immediately preceding the end of such period. 
In the event of the death of any person who has been awarded such 
pension, his widow, children or other persons wholly dependent on 
him for support shall be paid the pension so awarded; provided, 
however, whenever such widow, child or children shall marry, or 
such child or children shall become sixteen years of age, they shall 
receive no further pension. No member shall receive such pension 
while he is a member of the Fire Department. 


Section 222. PENSION; DISABLED FIREMEN. When- 
ever a fireman shall become physically or mentally disabled while 
in, or in consequence of, the performance of his duty as such fire- 
man, said Board may, upon written request, or without such re- 
quest if it deem it for the good of the Department, retire such per- 
son from active service and, if so retired, shall order and direct that 
he be paid a monthly pension equal to one-half (1-2) of the salary 
attached to the rank which he may have held on such Fire Depart- 
ment preceding his retirement, and in no case shall the payment 
be less than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars. Provided, that when- 
ever such disability shall cease such pension shall cease, and such 
member shall be restored to active service at not less than the 
same salary he received at the time of his retirement; provided, 
further, that should death result from such injury or sickness, sus- 
tained by such person while in, and in consequence of the perform- 
ance of his duty as an employee of such Fire Department a monthly 
pension equal to one-half the amount of the salary attached to the 
rank he may have held in such Fire Department shall be paid to 
his widow, child or children or other person wholly dependent upon 
him for support; provided, however, whenever such widow, child 
or children shall marry, or such child or children shall become six- 
teen years of age they shall receive no further pension herein. 


Section 223. CERTIFICATES OF DISABILITY. No person 
shall be retired, as provided in the next preceding section, or re- 
ceive any pension from said fund, unless there shall be filed with 
said board certificates of his disability, which certificates shall be 
subscribed and sworn to by said person and by the city physician, 


FIRE PROTECTION 169 


and the fireman’s relief and pension fund physician, if any, and 
such board may require other evidence of disability before order- 
ing such retirement and payment as aforesaid. 


section 224. SICK OR ACCIDENT’ BENEFITS. A sick or 
accident benefit of Five ($5.00) Dollars per week, necessary hos- 
pital care and professional nursing expenses shall be paid by said 
board to a member of the fire department who becomes sick or 
temporarily disabled, which sickness or temporary disability is 
caused or sustained while in the discharge of his duty as a member 
of the Fire Department, and his salary shall be continued while he 
is so temporarily disabled or sick, for a period not to exceed six 
months. At the expiration of six months the other provisions here- 
in for relief shall apply. 


Bection 225. DEATH IN DISCHARGE OF DUTY. When- 
ever any member of the Fire Department shall lose his life while 
in the performance of his duty, leaving a widow, or child or child- 
ren under the age of sixteen (16) years, a monthly pension equal to 
one-half of the salary attached to the rank which said member held 
in said Fire Department at the time of his death shall be paid to 
the widow during her life; if there be no widow, then said sum shall 
be paid to his child or children until they shall be sixteén years of 
age; provided, if such widow or child, or children shall marry, then 
such persons so marrying shall thereafter receive no further pen- 
sion from. such funds. 


Section 226. APPEALS FROM BOARD. Any person who 
deems himself aggrieved by the decision of said board on his claim 
for pension, either in rejecting his claim or in the amount allowed 
by said board, may appeal from such decision to the District Court 
by giving written notice of his intention to appeal to the City 
Clerk, and by filing with the Court Clerk a transcript of the pro- 
ceedings had before said board within thirty (30) days from the 
date of such decision. An appeal may be also taken from any de- 
cision of said board by the City Attorney, acting for and on behalf 
of the City, under the same conditions and upon the same terms 
and to the same court as herein provided for appeals taken on the 
part of any claimant. 


Section 227. ROSTER OF MEMBERSHIP. A roster of 
members of the City Fire Department shall be kept by the City 
Clerk and the date of enlistment in company of each member. 


Section 228. REPORT OF ACCIDENTS. The: Chief of .the 
Fire Department shall report all accidents to members of company 
to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of “The Firemen’s Re- 
lief and Pension Fund” in writing within three (3) days after the 
occurrence. 


Section 229. CLAIMS; PRESENTATION. All claims as 
provided for under the previous section shall be made in duplicate 


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and made payable to the person or persons entitled to said bene- 
fits, one to be retained by the Chief of the Fire Department and one 
to be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of “The 
Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund.” 


Section 230. FORM OF CLAIMS. ‘To the Board of Trus- 
tees of “The Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund.” Please make 
warrant payable to 


member of Muskogee Fire Department, Muskogee, Oklahoma, who 


was disabled while’in the line of duty’ on’ the) 2 eee day 
Olea abe oe ek. ee oh] Opie. and has been unfit for service for 
ATMO eee weeks, or service pension as per Section............ 
of Ordinance No................0f the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, is 


entitled to $ 


I hereby certify that the above claim is correct and true. 


Signature of Fireman. 


Section 231. RECORD OF PROOF. To receive a service 
pension, the City Clerk’s and Fire Department’s Records shall be 
taken as proof to the term of years applicant for pension has served 
as a member of the Fire Department. 


Section 232. BENEFITS NOT LESS THAN ONE WEEK. 


No benefits shall be paid for less than one week. 


Section 233. FUND; DONATIONS TO. All general dona- 
tions made to the Fire Department shall go to and become a part 
of The Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund. 


section 234. CLAIMS; ATTESTATION. The City Physi- 
cian and the Chief of the Fire Department shall attest each claim. 


Section 235. FUNDS PRORATED IF INSUFFICIENT. If 
the funds in the firemen’s relief and pension fund should at any 
time be insufficient to make full payment of the amount of pen- 
sions to all persons entitled thereto, then said funds shall be pro- 
rated by said board among those entitled to receive the same. But 
in no case shall the amount paid exceed the amount collected by 
said board under the ordinances of this city and the provisions of 
law applicable thereto. 


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FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 


~ . CHAPTER VIII. 
FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION. 


Section. 


Section. 


g00: 
CATR 
238. 
EAN 
240. 
241. 
242. 
243. 
244. 
245. 


246. 
247. 
248. 
249. 
250. 


251. 


eae, 


253. 


Inspection by City Chem- 
1St. 

Enforcement; monthly 
reports. 

Assistant inspectors; to 
be Sanitary Officers. 
Adulterated, mislabeled 
or misbranded. 

Persons defined. 

Food defined. 

Food; Standard of purity. 
Food; Adulteration ; 
what constitutes. 

Food; Mislabeled; what 
constitutes. 

Drugs; Adultered; what 
constitutes. 

Drugs; Mislabeled or 
misbranded; what con- 
stitutes. 

Term “Misbranded” 
fined. 

Term “Package” defined. 
Violation ; prima facie © 
evidence of. 

Hotels, etc., using com- 
pounds, etc., to post no- 
pee Ol, 

Compounds of lard; com- 
pounds of beef suet per- 
mitted when labeled as 
herein provided. 
Manufacturers, etc., of 
lard compound to label 
package. 

Compound lard; posses- 
sion prima facie evidence 
of intent to sell. 


de- 


. Food containing certain 


acids; prohibited. 


me Ktracts., 

+ Honey. 

. Vanilla Extracts. 

. Spices and condiments. 
. Meats, fish, fowl or 


game, protection of. 


. False labeling. 


261. 


262. 
ZO. 


264. 


Sea food; acids prohib- 
ited. 

Flour. 

Flour compounds; prima 
facie evidence. 

Colored distilled vinegar ; 


- sale prohibited. 


202, 
260. 
267. 
268. 
209: 
270. 
ads 
DF 2, 
2/3; 
274. 
275. 
276. 
ashe 
278. 
JH AS 
280. 


281. 
282. 
Zoo. 
284. 


285. 
286. 


Bread. | 
Adulterated candies. 
Prosecution ; protection 
against. 

Eggs; rotten; sale pro- 
hibited. 

Butter ; renovated or pro- 
cess made to be labeled. 
Butter; rancid, etc., pro- 
hibited. 

Storage and transporta- 
tion facilities to be kept 
sanitary. 

Screens; Regulations. 
Toilets; Regulations. 
Living or sleeping in 
place of production. 
Diseased persons; em- 
ployment prohibited. | 
Sidewalk displays; Reg- 
ulations. 

Covering candies, fruits, 
etc., required. 

Slaughter house; Regula- 
tions. 

Receptacles; cracked or 
broken prohibited. 
Hotels ; Restaurants, etc., 
sanitary regulations. 
Animals barred from 
shelves. 

Meat Markets; Sanitary 
Regulations. 


Soda Fountains; Regula- 
tions. 


Fruit and vegetables, 
venders. 


Bottlers ; Regulation. 
Penalty. 


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Section 236. INSPECTION BY CIFY CHEMIST.” ThesCirs 
Chemist of the City of Muskogee shall be ex-officio Food and Drug 
Inspector. 

Section 237. ENFORCEMENT; MONTHLY REPORTS. 
It shall be the duty of the Food and Drug Inspector to see that all 
the laws relating to the inspection of foods and drugs are enforced, 
and shall perform all the duties required of him by the laws of this 
City, and the orders of the City Health Officer. He shall make 
written reports monthly of the work done in his department to 
the City Council. 

Section 238. ASSISTANT INSPECTORS; [TO 3a 
TARY OFFICERS. The Sanitary officers of the City of Mus- 
kogee shall be the assistant food and drug inspectors. 


Section 239. ADULTERATED, MISLABELED OR MIS- 
BRANDED. The manufacture, production, preparation, com- 
pounding, packing, selling, offering or keeping for sale within the 
City, or the introduction into this City of any article of food, drug 
or medicine which is adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded within 
the meaning of this article, is hereby prohibited. Any person who 
shall import, or bring into or cause to be brought into this City, 
or who, having so received, shall deliver, for pay or otherwise, or 
offer to deliver to any other person, any article of food, drug or 
medicine mislabeled or misbranded within the meaning of this 
article, or any person who shall manufacture or produce, prepare, 
compound, pack or sell or offer to keep for sale in the City of Mus- 
kogee, any such adulterated, mislabeled, or misbranded food, drug 
or medicine, shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 240. PERSONS DEFINED. The word “person” as 
used in this article shall be construed to import the singular or 
plural, as the case may demand, and shall include firms, corpora- 
tions, societies and associations. When construing and enforcing 
any provision of this article, the act, omission or failure of any 
officer, agent or other person acting for or empowered by any 
firm, corporation, society or association, within the scope of em- 
ployment of his office, shall in either case be also deemed to be the 
act, omission or failure of such firm, corporation, society or associa- 
tion, as well as that of the person. 


Section 241. FOOD DEFINED. The term “food” as herein 
used, shall include all articles of food, drink, liquor, beverage, con- 
fectionery or condiment and substance used in the preparation of 
any such article of food, drink, liquor, beverage, confectionery or 
condiment, whether simple, mixed or compound, used by man or 
other animal. The term “drug” as used in this act, shall include 
all drug and medicine preparations recognized in the U. S$. Pharma- 
copocia or National Formulary for internal and external use, and 
any substance or mixture of substances to be used for the cure, 
protection or prevention of disease of either man or other animal. 


Section 242. FOOD; STANDARD OF PURITY. The stam 


FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 173 


ard of purity of foods shall be that proclaimed by the Secretary of 
the Department of Agriculture of the United States. The stand- 
ard of purity of drugs and medicine shall be the U. S. Pharmaco- 
pocia and National Formulary, and the regulations and definitions 
adopted for enforcement of the food and drugs Act of June 30th, 
1906, shall be adopted for the enforcement of this act, together with 
such other rules and regulations as the City Health Officer and the 
City Chemist shall make from time to time. 


Section 243. FOOD; ADULTERATION; WHAT CONSTI- 
TUTES. Food shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning 
of this act in any of the following cases: 


First. If any substance has been mixed or packed with the 
food so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality, pur- 
ity, strength or food value. 


Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in 
part for the article of food. 


Third. If any essential or valuable constituent or ingredient 
of food has been wholly or partially abstracted. 


Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated or stained 
in any manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. 


Fifth. If it contain any added ee yasitigs or other deleterious 
ingredients in the food. 


Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy or decom- 
posed or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of 
an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is 
the product of a diseased animal or one that has died otherwise 
than by slaughter. 


Section 244. FOOD: MISLABELED; WHAT CONSTI- 
TUTES. Food shall be deemed mislabeled within the meaning of 
this act in any of the following cases: 


First. If it be an imitation or offered for sale under the dis- 
tinctive name of any other article of food. 


Second. If it be labeled or branded or colored so as to mislead, 
deceive the purchaser, or if it be falsely labeled in any respect or 
if it purport to be a foreign product, when not so, or if the con- 
tents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed 
in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in 
such package. 

Third. If in package form and the contents stated in terms 
of weight or measure, they are not plainly marked and correctly 
stated on the outside of the package. 

Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear 
any statement, design or device regarding the ingredients or the 
substance contained therein, which statement, design or device 
shall be false or misleading in any particular. 

Fifth. When the package bears the name of the manufacturer, 


174 | _ FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 


jobber, or seller of the grade of the product, it must bear the name 
of the real manufacturer, jobber or seller and the true grade or 
class of the product, the same to be expressed in clear, distinct 
English words, in legible type; provided, that an article of food 
shall not be deemed misbranded if it be a well known food product 
of a nature, quality and appearance and so exposed to the public 
appearance as not to mislead or deceive a purchaser, and not mis- 
branded and not of the character included within definitions one 
to four of this section. Provided, that all packages of imitation 
butter and cheese shall be so labeled. 


Section 245. DRUGS; ADULTERATED; WHAT CONSTI- 
TUTES. Drugs shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning 
of this act in any of the following cases: 

First. If when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized 
in the U. S. Pharmacopocia or National Formulary, it differs from 
the standard of strength, quality, or purity as determined by the 
tests laid down in the U. S$. Pharmacopocia or National Formulary, 
official at the time of the investigation; provided, that no drug de- 
fined in the U. S. Pharmacopocia or National Formulary shall be 
deemed adulterated under the provisions of this act, if the stand- 
ard of strength, quality, or purity is plainly stated upon the pack- 
age thereof, although the standard may differ from that deter- 
mined by the test laid down in the U. S. Pharmacopocia or the 
National Formulary. 

Second. If the strength or purity fall below the professed 
standard of quality under which it is sold. 


Section 246. DRUGS; MISLABELED OR MISBRANDED; 
WHAT CONSTITUTES. Drugs shall be deemed mislabeled or 
misbranded within the meaning of this act in any of the following 
cases: 

First. If it be an imitation or offered for sale under the 
name of another article. 

Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up 
shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents 
shall have been placed in such packages; or, if the package offered 
for sale at. wholesale or retail, fails to bear the statement on the 
label of the quantity of any morphine,opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha 
or beta, eucaine, chloroform, cannibi, indica, chloral, hydrate, acet- 
anilide or other derivation or preparation of any of such substances 
combined therein except when prescribed by a licensed physician, 
licensed dentist, or licensed veterinary surgeon. 


Section 247. TERM “MISBRANDED” DEFINED. The term 
“misbranded” as used herein, shall apply te all articles of food, and 
drugs or articles which enter into the composition of foods and 
drugs, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, de- 
sign or device, regarding such article, or the ingredients or sub- 
stances contained therein, which shall be false or misleading in any 
particular. 


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Section 248. TERM “PACKAGE” DEFINED. The term 
“package” as herein used, shall be construed to include the original 
unbroken package, phial, bottle, jar, demijohn, carton, bag, case, 
can, box, barrel, or any receptacle, vessel or container of whatso- 
ever material or nature, which may be used by the manufacturer, 
producer, jobber, packer or dealer for enclosing any article of food 
or any drug or medicine when exposed and offered for sale. 


Section 249. VIOLATION; PRIMA FACIE, EVIDENCE OF. 
The possession of any adulterated, mislabeled or misbranded article 
of food, drug or medicine or the offering for sale of any adulter- 
ated, mislabeled or misbranded food, drug or medicine by any 
manufacturer, producer, jobber, packer or dealer in foods, drugs 
or medicines, or any broker, commission merchant, agent, employee 
or servant of any such manufacturer, producer, jobber, packer, or 
dealers shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this article. 
Provided, that whenever it shall appear to the City Chemist. that 
any person has violated, or is violating any of the provisions of 
this act, said City Chemist shall notify such person or persons and 
shall give him or them an opportunity to be heard, under such 
‘rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the City Chemist or 
City Health Officer. 


ection 200. SHORES. HTC. USING: COMPOUNDS, .ETC., 
TO POST NOTICE OF. Whenever any hotel, tavern, restaurant, 
or boarding house shall knowingly serve for the use of its patrons, 
such foods as is defined by compounds, imitations, blends (except 
coffee), renovated butter, imitation cheese, adulterated milk or 
adulterated lard, shall keep conspicuously posted, or printed in a bill 
form in plain view and legible words, a list of the articles of food 
so served, and shall give the brands or labels upon the original 
package or show the constituent parts of such food articles. 


' Section 251. COMPOUNDS OF LARD; COMPOUNDS OF 
BEEF SUET PERMITTED WHEN LABELED AS HEREIN 
PROVIDED. The provisions of this act shall not apply to sub- 
stances for sale in this City, made in the semblance of lard, if the 
ingredients or component parts shall consist of pure lard, leaf lard 
or pure stearine and cotton seed oil, that one per cent of legitimate 
and exclusive fat of hog, or pure lard, pure stearine, or beef fat, 
and 99 per cent of cotton seed oil and the tierce, tub or pail or pack- 
age containing the same is distinctly and legibly branded, marked 
or labeled “lard compound” or “compound lard” or “lard substitute,” 
in letters proportioned to the size of the package, and if such mix- 
ture contain other substance than pure lard, pure stearine, or 
beef fat or pure cotton seed oil, then the person so manufacturing 
shall cause the tierce, tub, barrel or package containing the same 
to be distinctly and legibly marked, branded or labeled adulterated 
lard. The term “lard compound”, or “compound lard” as used 
herein shall include all articles of food used as lard or made in the 
semblance of lard, which shall be composed of two or more ingredi- 


176 FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 


ents or component parts consisting of either cotton seed oil, pure 
lard, or hog lard, beef fat, or pure stearine, the percentage of either 
of the two or more ingredients used to be in the discretion of the 
manufacturer. The term “lard substitute’ as used herein shall 
apply to any compound which may consist of two or more of the 
aforesaid ingredients, or of cotton seed oil alone. Neither shall the 
provisions of this act apply to mixtures or compounds consisting 
of mixtures of beef suet, beef fat, or pure stearine, and the cotton 
seed oil alone, when said mixtures or compounds are used as ordin- 
ary articles of food or cooking “compounds” are manufactured and 
sold under their proper trademark, and when the tub, tierce, bar- 
rel, pail or package containing the same shall be distinctly and 
legibly branded or labeled in letters proportioned to the size of the 
package, with the name of the mixture or compound and the name 
and the location of the person manufacturing the same. 


Section 252. MANUFACTURERS, ETC., OF LARD COM- 
POUND TO LABEL PACKAGE. Every manufacturer, trader, 
dealer who, by himself or agent, or as the servant or agent of an- 
other person, offers or exposes for sale or sells or exchanges any 
form of lard substitutes or adulterated lard, as hereinbefore de- 
fined, shall securely fix or cause to be fixed to the package wherein 
the same is contained, offered for sale or sold, a label upon the out- 
side and face of which is distinctly and legibly printed in letters not 
less than one-half inch in length, the words “lard substitute,” or 
“lard compound” or other words which shall correctly express its 
nature and use. 


Section 253. COMPOUND LARD; POSSESSION PRIMA 
FACIE EVIDENCE OF INTENT TO SELL. The having in pos- 
session of any other lard, substitute or adulterated lard compound 
as hereinbefore defined, which is not branded or labeled as here- 
inbefore required or directed upon the part of any manufacturer, 
trader, dealer or any person engaged in the sale of such articles, 
shall, for the purpose of this act, be deemed prima facie evidence 
of intent to sell or exchange the same. 


Section 254. FOOD CONTAINING CERTAIN ACIDS; PRO- 
HIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, 
sell or expose for sale or exchange any article of food to which 
has been added formaldehyde, borax, boracic acid, benzoic acid, 
sulphurous acid, salicylic acid, adrastal, beta-napthol, flourine com- | 
pounds, saccharine—provided, that in the case of molasses and 
syrups and bleached dried fruits, that in the finished products sul- 
phurous acid, flourine compound, and chlorine are entirely re- 
moved subject to the rules of the National Pure Food Commission 
—provided, that the spreading of dry borax over the surface of 
meat cannot be construed to be a violation of this act. 


Section 255. EXTRACTS. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to manufacture, sell or offer for sale or exchange, as extracts, 


FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 177 


flavorings, which were not made from the natural fruit, unless the 
same are labeled “imitation,” provided the word imitation must im- 
mediately precede the name of the flavoring, in the same type and 
style; such flavoring shall be free from coloring matters deleter- 
ious to health. 


Section 256. HONEY. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange, any honey which has 
not been home made by bees, unless the same is labeled “imitation” 
and contains nothing that is injurious to health. 

section 257. VANILLA EXTRACTS. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to manufacture, sell, offer or expose for sale or 
exchange, extract of vanilla, essence of vanilla, not wholly made 
from the extracted matter of the vanilla bean. 


Section 258. SPICES AND CONDIMENTS, It shall be un- 
lawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer or expose for sale 
or exchange, in this City, any spices and condiments, either ground 
or unground, which are adulterated with any foreign substance 
or substances within the meaning of this article, which are injur- 
ious to health, and provided, that where foreign substances are 
used, the package shall contain the word “compound”. The term 
“spices” and “condiments,” as used herein, shall embrace all sub- 
stances known and recognized in commerce as spices and condi- 
ments, whether the same be in natural state or in the form which 
would result from grinding, mixing or milling or the compounding 
of the natural product. 


Section 259. MEATS, FISH, FOWL OR GAME, PROTEC- 
TION OF. Every dealer or peddler in slaughter house meats, 
fish, fowl or game for human food, at wholesale or retail, in the 
transportation of such food, from place to place, to customers, shall 
protect the same from flies, dust and other vermin, or substance 
which may injuriously affect it, by securely covering it while so 
transported. 


Section 260. FALSE LABELING. Whoever shall falsely 
brand, mark, stencil, or label any article or product required by 
this act to be branded, market, stenciled or labeled, or shall re- 
move, alter, deface, mutilate, obliterate, imitate, or counterfeit 
any brand, mark, stencil or label so required shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdmeanor and shall be punished as hereinafter provided for. 


section 261. SEA FOODS; ACIDS PROHIBITED. Any 
person either in person or by an agent, who shall sell, or expose or 
offer for sale within this City any oysters, clams or other sea food 
products, to which salicylic acid, formaldehyde or any drug or pre- 
servative has been added, or in preserving which any poisonous or 
deleterious substance has been added, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 


Section 262. FLOUR. Within this City, no person shall manu- 
facture, or offer or expose for sale, or keep in his possession with 
intent to sell, or exchange any flour made from wheat containing 


178 FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 


any products of corn, rice or other foreign substance, unless each 
and every package thereof be distinctly and legibly labeled and 
branded “flour compound” in letters not less than one-half inch in 
height, and be followed with the name of the maker and mill, and 
the location of such flouring mill. 


Section 263. FLOUR COMPOUNDS; PRIMA FACIE EVI- 
DENCE. The having possession of any “flour compound” or meal 
compound, which is not branded as hereinbefore required, and dir- 
ected upon the part of the person engaged in the public or private 
sale of such article, shall for the purpose of this act, be deemed 
prima facie evidence of intent to sell the same. 


Section 264. COLORED DISTILLED VINEGAR; SALE 
PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or 
offer for sale in this City any colored distilled vinegar. 


Section 265. BREAD. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell, offer or expose for sale, in this City, any loaf of bread manu- 
factured outside of this City, without having pasted on each loaf 
of such bread a label having written thereon the date and hour of 
the day when the same was baked, and it shall be unlawful for any 
person to sell, offer or expose for sale any bread over seventy-two 
hours old without informing each person purchasing same or offer- 
ing to purchase same that it is “stale bread.” 


Section 266. ADULTERATED, CANDIES. | Any speesen 
manufacturing for sale or selling or offering for-sale or exchange, 
any candies, or confectioneries adulterated, by mixtures of terra 
alba, barytes, talc, or other earthly mineral substances, or any 
poisonous colors, flavors, or extracts from other deleterious in- 
gredients detrimental to health, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 267. PROSECUTION; PROTECTION AGAINST. 
No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this article 
when he can establish a guarantee signed by the wholesale jobber, 
manufacturer, or other party residing in the United States, from 
whom he purchased such articles, to the effect that the same is 
not adulterated within the meaning of this article. Said guaranty 
to afford protection must contain the name and address of the 
party or parties making the sale of such article, to said dealer, 
and an itemized statement showing the article purchased, or a gen- 
eral guarantee may be filed with the Secretary of the U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture, by the manufacturer, jobber or other 
party of the United States. 


Section 268. EGGS; ROTTEN; SALE PROHIBITED. The 
sale, keeping for sale or offering for sale of rotten eggs is pro- 
hibited. 

Section 269. BUTTER; RENOVATED OR PROCESS MADE 
TO BE LABELED. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer, or expose 
for sale in this City, renovated or process butter unless the pack- 
age in which the same is packed is so labeled in bold faced type 


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three-fourths of an inch in length. 
section 270. BUTTER; RAINCID; ETC., PROHIBITED.’ It 


shall be unlawful to sell, offer or expose for sale any tainted, ran- 
cid or putrid butter. 


section 271. STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FACIL- 
ITIES TO BE KEPT SANITARY. The floors, ceilings, side- 
walls, furniture, receptacles, implements, and machinery of every 
establishment or place where foods or drugs are manufactured, 
stored, sold, served or offered for sale or distribution and all trucks, 
cars, and vehicles used in the transportation of food products, shall 
at no time be kept in unclean, unhealthful or unsanitary condition. 


Section 272. SCREENS; REGULATIONS. The doors, win- 
dows, and other openings of every food or drug producing or dis- 
tributing establishment during the fly season shall be fitted with 
self closing screen doors and wire window screens of not coarser 
than 14-mesh wire gauge. 


Section 273. TOILETS; REGULATIONS, Every building, 
room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, 
manufacture, packing, canning or sale or distribution of foods and 
drugs shall have convenient toilet or toilet rooms. The floors of 
such toilet rooms shall be of cement, tile, oiled wood, brick or other 
non-absorbent material, and the tops of all toilet rooms shall be 
covered with air-tight material, and the floors of said toilet rooms 
shall be washed and scoured daily. Lavatories and wash rooms 
shall be adjacent to toilet rooms and shall be supplied with running 
water and clean towels and maintained in a sanitary manner. 
Operatives, employees, clerks and all other persons who handle the 
material from which food or drugs are prepared, or the finished 
product, before beginning work, or after visiting the toilet, shall 
wash their hands and arms thoroughly in soap and water. 


. Section 274. LIVING OR SLEEPING IN PLACE OF PRO- 
DUCTION. No person shall be allowed to live or sleep in any 
bake shop, kitchen, dining room, confectionery, creamery, cheese 
factory, or place where food is prepared, served or sold. 

Section 275. DISEASED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT PRO- 
HIBITED. No employer shall require, permit or allow any per- 
son to work, nor shall any person work, in a building, room, base- 
ment, vehicle or other place used for the preparation, production, 
manufacture, packing, storage, sale, distribution or transportation 
of foods or drugs who is affected with any contagious disease of 
whatsoever nature. 


Section 276. SIDEWALK DISPLAYS; REGULATIONS. 
The sidewalk displays of food products is prohibited unless such 
products are enclosed in a show case or similar device, which will 
protect the same from flies, dust or other contamination ; provided 
that food products that necessarily have to be peeled, pared or 
cooked before they are fit. for consumption, may be displayed on 
the sidewalk; provided in such display the bottom of the container 


180 FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION 


be at least eighteen inches above the surface of the sidewalk; but 
the display of meat or meat products is prohibited. 

Section 277. COVERING CANDIES, FRUITS, ETC., RE- 
QUIRED. Confectionery, dates, figs, dried fruits, berries, butter, 
cheese, and bakery products shall be properly screened or covered 
to effectively protect the same from contamination or damage by 
flies, dust, vermin or other means. 

Section 278.. SLAUGHTER HOUSE; REGURA Eien]: 
Every person owning, leasing or occupying any place, room or 
building wherein cattle, sheep or swine are killed or dressed, or any 
market, public or private, shall cause such place, room, building, or 
market to be kept at all times thoroughly cleansed and purified, 
and all offal, blood, fat, garbage, manure or other unwholesome 
or offensive refuse shall be removed therefrom at least once every 
twenty-four hours after using, and the floor of such buildings, 
places or premises shall be so constructed that they can be flushed 
and washed clean with water. No blood pit, dung pit, offal pit, 
or privy well shall remain or be constructed within 150 feet of the 
slaughter house. Doors and windows must be screened and side 
walls painted or white-washed. All slaughter houses shall be kept 
in a sanitary condition at all times. If the floors of such slaughter 
houses are found to be in an unsanitary condition, the said floors 
shall be condemned, and shall be replaced with either concrete, tile, 
or brick. All new slaughter houses erected after the passage of 
this ordinance shall be constructed with cement floors and killing 
beds. 

section 279. RECEPTACLES; CRACKED .OR BROKEN 
PROHIBITED. The use of glassware, earthenware, or any re- 
ceptacles, trays or dishes used in the preparation or serving of food 
products, that may be cracked, broken or otherwise unsound, or © 
that may be so impaired as to prevent a thorough cleansing, is 
prohibited. 

Section 280. HOTELS; RESTAURANTS, ETC., SANITARY 
REGULATIONS. Sanitary conditions shall exist in drug stores, 
hotels, and restaurant kitchens and dining rooms, ice cream par- 
lors, lunch cars, and all other places where food is prepared and 
served, to-wit: when the floors are free and clear from litter and 
accumulated dirt; when the sidewalls and ceilings are free from 
cobwebs and accumulated dirt; when the counters, shelves, tables, 
sinks, drawers, blinds, and cabinets are clean; when the refrigera- 
tors, ice boxes, and cold storage rooms are free from foul and un- 
pleasant odors, moulds and slime; when the doors and windows are 
properly screened; when dining rooms and kitchens are well venti- 
lated and lighted. Dishes, tableware, and kitchen utensils must 
be washed and rinsed in clear water after using; food served to 
customers and returned to the kitchen or serving room must not 
again be served; all garbage must be removed daily. Back shops, 
back yards and cellars must be kept clean and free from rubbish. 
Cellars, unless properly arranged, well ventilated and well lighted, 


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and free from moisture, must not be used for the storage of pre- 
pared foods, unless such food is in glass, tin or air-tight containers. 


section 281. ANIMALS BARRED FROM SHELVES. Cats, 
dogs, and other animals shall not be allowed on shelves or counters 
or other places where food products are kept or stored. 


Section 282. MEAT MARKETS; SANITARY REGULA- 
TIONS. All meat markets or other places where butchered meat 
is sold or distributed, must be kept’ clean. The floors must be 
scrubbed as often as necessary to keep them free from grease, 
blood and other dirt. The meat must not be exposed to flies and 
dust. The refrigerator and all meat hooks must be thoroughly 
scoured with hot water and lye not less than once each week and 
oftener if necessary to keep the refrigerators free from odor. No 
tainted meat or cheese or vegetables shall be allowed to remain or 
be placed in such a refrigerator. The refrigerator or metal must be 
kept dry inside. 

Section 283. SODA FOUNTAINS; REGULATIONS. Glass- 
ware, spoons, etc., used at soda fountains, or refreshment stands 
shall be thoroughly washed and rinsed in clear water. Soda foun- 
tains, syrup cans, and bottles shall be thoroughly washed before 
being refilled. Draft tubes must be kept clean. Drainage boards, 
sinks, shelves, etc., shall be kept clean. All jars, syrup cans, bowls, 
packers, and other containers used in the dispensing of ice cream, 
ices, extracts, flavors, crushed fruits, and nuts at soda fountains, 
or other places shall be covered in a manner to protect said articles 
from flies and dirt and dust. 


Section 284. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; VENDERS. No 
persons engaged in the peddling and vending of fruits and vege- 
tables or other perishable products, shall be permitted to openly 
display any of the aforesaid products on any wagon, hack, buggy 
or other vehicle used for the transportation of said products un- 
less said products be encased in glass or properly screened with 
clean cloth so as to afford protection from flies and dust. Pro- 
vided, however, that such fruits or vegetables that necessarily 
have to be peeled, pared or cooked before they are fit for human 
consumption, shall not come under this provision. 


Section 285. BOTTLERS; REGULATION. Bottlers of car- 
bonated or other drinks, water, etc., shall thoroughly wash and 
rinse in clean water, all bottles before same are filled, and shall 
thoroughly cleanse the exterior and interior of all bottles, remov- 
ing from them all accumulation sediment or stain. Sanitary re- 
quirements governing bottling establishments shall be those pro- 


vided for buildings and places wherein food is manufactured or 
sold. 


Section 286. PENALTY. Any person guilty of violating any 
of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction, thereof, shall be fined not more 
than nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents ($19.95). 


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CHAPTER IX. 


GAMBLING. 
Section. Section. 
287. Unlawful to exhibit 290. Slot machines, etc., Pro- 
gambling device, ete. hibiting keeping, etc. 
288. Unlawtul to loai, loiter, 291. Owners or employers of 
games. 
Bt, 292. Persons playing at 
289. Unlawful to bar or barri- eames. 
cade building. 293 .Penalty: 


Ordinance No. 493. Slot Machines, Prohibiting. 
Ordinance No. 1195. Gambling Prohibited. 


Section 287. UNLAWFUL TO EXHIBIT GAMBLING DE- 
VICES, ETC. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons with- 
in the limits of the City of Muskogee to exhibit or expose to view 
in any building, or in any part of or room in any such building 
in the City of Muskogee, any table, cards, dice, roulette wheel, or 
other articles or apparatus suitable or capable of being used for 
gambling purposes. 


Section 288. UNLAWFUL TO" LOAKE,” LOTTE Rhea 
shall be unlawful for any person or persons to visit, loaf, loiter or 
idle in, about or upon any such building, or any part of or room in 
such building in which any table, cards, dice, roulette wheel or other 
articles of apparatus suitable or capable of being used for gambling ~ 
purposes are exhibited or exposed to view. 


Section 289. UNLAWFUL TO BAR OR BARRICADE 
BUILDING. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 
bar or barricade any building, in said city, or any part of or room 
in any such building, in order to render the same difficult of access 
or ingress to the police, officers of said city, in which such build- 
ing, or any part of or room in any such building, any table, cards, 
dice, roulette wheel, or other article or apparatus suitable or cap- 
able of being used for gambling purposes are exhibited or exposed 
to view. 


Section 290. SLOT MACHINES; “ETC., PROHIBI TINS 
KEEPING, ETC. No person shall keep, own, operate, use, or 
cause ta be kept, operated or used in any room, drug store, cigar 
store, inn, tavern, shed, booth, building, inclosure, or upon any 
premises or any part thereof, any Check-boy, Hy-Lo, card ma- 
chine or slot machine or other device of any kind or nature what- 
soever, upon, in or by or through which money is staked or haz- 
arded or into which is paid or played upon chance or upon the re- 
sult of the action of such Check-boy, Hy-Lo, card machine, or slot 


GAMBLING—HEALTH AND SANITATION 183 


machine or other device, money or other valuable thing is staked, 
bet, hazarded, won or lost. 


Section 291. OWNERS OR EMPLOYERS OF GAMES. Any 
person who, within the City of Muskogee deals, plays or carries 
on, Or opens or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as 
owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of faro, 
monte, poker, roulette, craps, or any banking or percentage game 
played with dice, cards, or any device, for money, checks, credit, 
or any representative of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 292. PERSONS PLAYING AT GAMES. Any person 
who, within the City of Muskogee, bets or plays at or against any 
of said prohibited games mentioned in the last section above shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 293. PENALTY. Every person who shall violate 
_ any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be pun- 
ished by a fine not exceeding $19.95. Each and every day in which 
any person shall operate, keep, own or have in his charge, pos- 
session or control and such check-boy, hy-lo, card machine or slot 
machine, or other device in violation of the provisions of this chap- 
ter, shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. 


CHAPTER X. 


ieee) a AND SSANITALION. 


Article I. Health Department. Obstetrics. 
Article II. Bs ee As Neer clRi Alera 
eee Article V. Flies. 


tutes. 
Article III. Diseases; Physi- Article VI. Sanitary Inspectors 
cians to Report ; and Regulations. 
ARTICLE I. 
HEAL EH. DEPARTMENT: 
Section. Section. 
294. Creating department, of- 295. Shall be licensed and 
ficers and assistants; sal- practicing physicians. 
aiies. 296. Duties. 


Ordinance No. 850. 


Section 294. CREATING DEPARTMENT; OFFICERS AND 
ASSISTANTS; SALARIES: That there is hereby created a de- 
partment to be known as the Health Department of the City of 
Muskogee, consisting of a Chief Health Officer to be appointed by 


184 HEALTH AND SANITATION 


the City Manager to serve during the pleasure of the City Man- 
ager at such monthly salary as the City Manager shall deem com- 
mensurate with the duties of such office, and such Assistant Health 
Officers as the City Manager shall from time to time deem it nec- 
essary to appoint, such Assistant Health Officers to serve during 
the pleasure of the City Manager and at such monthly salaries as 
the City Manager shall deem commensurate with the duties of 
such officers. 


Section 295. SHALL BE LICENSED AND PRAG To. 
PHYSICIAN. That the Chief Health Officer and Assistant 
Health Officers shall each be regularly licensed and practicing 
physicians of the State of Oklahoma, in good standing, of good 
moral character, and the Chief Health Officer shall be a resident 
of the City of Muskogee for at least two years next preceding his 
appointment. 

Section 296. DUTIES. That the duties of the Chief Health 
Officer and Assistant Health Officers shall be such as are pre- 
scribed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and they shall each 
perform such other and further duties as the City Manager shall 
from time to time require or by the rules and regulations prescribe 
with respect to the public health of the city of Muskogee; and the 
Chief Health Officer shall have the power to make and enforce 
any and all needful rules and regulations for the prevention and 
cure, and to prevent the spread of, any contagious, infectious or 
malarial diseases among the inhabitants of the City of Muskogee, 
and to establish quarantine and isolate any persons affected with 
contagious or infectious diseases, and to remove or cause to be 
removed any dead, decaying or putrid body, or any decayed, putrid 
or other substance that may endanger the health of persons or 
domestic animals in said city; and to condemn or cause to be de- 
stroyed any impure or diseased articles of food that may be of- 
fered for sale, and to superintend and establish rules and regula- 
tions for the keeping and reporting of all vital statistics, births, 
deaths, marriages and divorces as provided by the laws of the 
State of Oklahoma, and as may be required by the rules and regula- 
tions of the City Manager pertaining to the public health, and the 
ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Muskogee in re- 
lation thereto; and the Chief Health Officer and Assistant Health 
Officers shall have the same power to arrest any person or per- 
sons violating any of the provisions of the Charter as amended, 
and ordinances of the City of Muskogee relative to the public 
health, as the Chief of Police or any policeman may have for the 
violation of any ordinance of the City. 


HEALTH AND SANITATION 185 


ARTICLE II. 


POLICE COURT ENFORCEMENT OF STATUTES. 


Section. Section. 
297. Police Court; Jurisdic- 299. Quarantine Regulations. 
tion. 300. Health Rules; Violation. 
298. Failure to remove 3 Penalty. 
nuisance. 


Ordinance No. 548. 


pee eonereo/, -POLICES COUR] J; URISDICLION:. In’ acz 
cordance with the powers conferred by an Act of the Legislature 
of the State of Oklahoma entitled “An Act creating the State 
Board of Health, etc.” approved May 16th, 1908. Same being ar- 
ticle two, chapter 79 of session laws of 1908.. The rules and regu- 
lations of State, County and City Boards of Public Health and the 
orders prescribed by the City Superintendent of Public Health 
thereunder are made enforcible by the Police Court and violation of 
such orders shall subject the offender to the penalties hereinafter 
mentioned. 


Section 298. FAILURE TO REMOVE NUISANCE. If the 
City Superintendent of public health shall order the owner or oc- 
cupant of any private premises, at his own expense, to remove any 
nuisance, source of filth, or probable cause of sickness found on 
said premises, within twenty-four hours, or within such other 
time as shall be considered reasonable, and such owner or occu- 
pant refuses and neglects to comply with such order he shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as in this chapter 
provided. Such order shall be in writing and may be served on 
such person by the Sanitary Officer or any Police officer of the 
city as other process may be served. If the premises are unoccu- 
pied and the residence of the owner or agent is unknown, or is with- 
out the state, such notice may be served by posting it on the prem- 
ises. Each day such person fails to remove such nuisance after 
the expiration of the time within which he is notified to remove 
same shall constitute a separate offense. 


Section 299. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. The Police 
Court is also empowered to try persons found guilty of disobeying 
the quarantine regulations of the Mayor and Common Council of 
the said City maintained under the supervision of the City Super- 
_intendent of Public Health and any person found guilty of violat- 
ing any order of quarantine shall be subject to the penalty here- 
inafter provided. 


Section 300. HEALZH-RULES; VIOLATION; PENALTY. 


Any person who shall knowingly violate any rules or regulations 


186 HEALTH AND SANITATION 


of the Health Officer authorized to be made shall be subject to 
trial in the Police Court and upon conviction, shall be punished as 
hereinafter provided. 


ARTICLE ITI. 


DISEASES; PHYSICIANS TO REPORT; OBSTETRICS. 


Section. Section. 
301. Contagious and Infec- 302. Obstetrics; Reporieas 
tious diseases; Physi- Births. 


cians to report. 


Ordinance No. 8. Physicians to report diseases. 
Ordinance No. 252. Obstetrics—Regulating practice of. 


ARTICLE III. 


DISEASES; PHYSICIANS TO REPORT; OBS ea nae 


Section 301. CONTAGIOUS .AND INFECTIOUS Sis. 
EASES; PHYSICIANS TO REPORT. That hereafter all physi- 
clans practicing within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee be and they are hereby required to report all cases of infec- 
tious and contagious diseases immediately after coming under their 
treatment, or to their knowledge, within the corporate limits or. 
within five miles thereof, to the Health Officer. 


Section 302. OBSTETRICS; REPORT OF BIRT Bijaaeacs 
every physician or mid-wife now practicing, or who may hereafter 
practice obstetrics in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, shall re- 
port every birth, at which said physician or mid-wife makes the 
delivery, and which occurs within the corporate limits of the City 
of Muskogee, within fifteen (15) days after the time of birth, by 
filing with the Health Officer of the said City of Muskogee, a cer- 
tificate setting forth the name of the parents of the infant, giving 


their nativity, sex and color, and also giving the place of birth of 
the infant. 


ARTICLE IV. 


WEEDS. 


Section. Section. 
303. Weeds to be Cut. 304. Penalty. 


HEALTH AND SANITATION 187 


Ordinance 586. 
(See also Charter) 


ARTICLE IV. 


WEEDS. 


Section 303. WEEDS TO BE CUT. That all owners, lessors 
or agents of land or lots in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, shall 
be required to cut or cause to be cut all weeds growing on the 
premises owned, leased or otherwise controlled by them, and on the 
parking in all streets adjacent to and bordering on such premises, 
before the seeds borne by such weeds shall have matured and are 
cast off or blown off by the wind, and in no event later than the 
15th day of June in each year. Second crops of weeds shall be cut 
in like manner. 


Section 304. PENALTY. That the allowing of weeds to grow 
in violation of the last section is hereby declared to be a public 
nuisance and dangerous to health, and the owner, lessee or agent 
of any such land, lots or parking, on which the weeds are not cut 
as required in the last section, shall be liable to arrest, and upon 
conviction, shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


ARTICLE V. 
BLES: 
Section. Section. 
305. Disease causing condi- 309. Unlawful to collect rent 


. ‘ Ps where no screens. 

30 ee causes enumerated. 310. Unlawful to collect rent 
6. ae ty. where no screens. 

307. Windows to be screened. Bie Hach: Ca varaiter | dived, 


308. Duty to screen. 1921, separate offense. 


Ordinance No. 739. To Protect Public Health. 
Ordinance No. 1219. Requiring Screens on Hotels, Ete. 


Section 305. DISEASE CAUSING CONDITIONS; CAUSES 
ENUMERATED. ‘That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm 
or corporation to suffer or permit or have upon their premises, 
whether owned or leased by them, any one or more of the follow- 
ing unsanitary fly producing, disease causing conditions, to-wit : 


(1) Animal manure in any quantity, which is not securely 
protected from flies; 


(2) Privies, vaults, cess pools, pits or like places, which are 


188 HEALTH AND SANITATION 


not securely protected from flies; 


(3) Garbage in any quantity, which is not peer tt! protected 
from flies; 


(4) Trash, litter, rags or anything whatsoever, in which flies 
may breed or multiply. 


Section 306. PENALTY. Any person found guilty of violat- 
ing the provisions of the last section above shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of nineteen 
dollars and ninety-five cents ($19.95). 


Section 307. WINDOWS TO BE SCREENED. All windows, 
doors and other openings in all hotels, apartments, boarding houses 
and rooming houses within the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, shall 
be kept well screened with not less than 12 mesh screen, from and’ 
including the month of April to and including the month of Oc- 
tober of each year so as to prevent the entrance of flies in such 
places. 


Section 308. DUTY TO SCREEN. It shall be the duty of 
every person owning, leasing, renting, managing, operating or con- 
ducting any hotel, apartment, rooming house and boarding house 
or residence to keep the same well and sufficiently screened as re- 
quired by the last Section. 


Section 309. UNLAWFUL TO COLLECT RENT WHERE 
NO SCREENS. It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or 
collect any rent for any hotel, apartment, rooming house or board- 
ing house or residence which is not well and sufficiently screened 
as required herein, and it shall be unlawful for anyone to run, 
operate, manage or conduct any hotel, apartment, rooming house 
or boarding house which is not well and Sui cians screened as 
provided herein. 


Section 310. UNLAWFUL TO COLLECT RENT WHERE 
NO SCREENS. It shall be unlawful for any one to receive or col- 
lect any rent or lodging for the use of any rooms or room in any 
hotel, apartment, rooming house or boarding house or residence 
which is not well and sufficiently screened throughout as provided 
herein. 


Section 311. EACH DAY AFTER JULY 1, 1921, SEPARATE 
OFFENSE. Each day after the first day of July, 1921, any such 
hotel, apartment, rooming house or boarding house or residence 
shall not be well and sufficiently screened as provided herein, shall 
be and constitute a separate offense. 


HEALTH AND SANITATION 189 


ARTICLE VI. 


SANITARY INSPECTORS AND REGULATIONS. 


Section. Section. 

312. Sanitary Inspectors. — 324. Privies; Removing con- 

313. Prohibiting throwing tents. 
waste matter in streets 325. Permission to haul refuse. 
and alleys. 326. Sidewalks; Sweeping of, 

314. Prohibiting throwing un- regulation. 
clean water into streets 327. Unlawful to sweep trash 
or contiguous property. into street. 

315. House offal, etc., to be 328. Defining garbage. 
hauled away as desig- 329. Charges for removing. 
nates. 330. Removed under control 

316. Gutters abutting prem- of City. 
ises free from obstruc- 331. Removal night soil, let by 
tion. ; contract. 

317. Gardens; decaying vege- 332. City to| retain exclusive 
table matter. right to remove garbage. 

318. Hogs; not to be kept. 333. City may enter into con- ~ 

319. Dead animals. tract for sale of garbage. 

$20. Dead animals; removal; 334. Unlawful to spit on side- 
definition. et ie ae 

321. Hotels and other public 335. C ee etn he £ Cj 
places to provide garbage aes Bee Cee 
pee ics acteriologist. 

322. Public places; waste 336. Invalidity of one section 
matter receptacles. not to invalidate others. 

323. Privies; Regulation of. So/fm Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 1116. Fixing rates for handling garbage, etc. 
Ordinance No. 1129. General Sanitary Regulations. 


Ordinance No. 1148. Prohibiting sweeping of sidewalks between 
certain hours. 


ARTICLE VI. 


SANITARY INSPECTORS AND REGULATIONS. 


Section 312, SANITARY INSPECTORS. The City Manager 
is hereby authorized, and empowered to appoint two suitable per- 
sons to be known as Sanitary Officers, whose duties shall be to 
perform such services as may be prescribed by the ordinances of 
the City, or as may be directed by the City Manager. It shall fur- 
ther be the duty of said officers to examine sanitary conditions of 
the City and make reports thereon to the City Manager from time 
ta time. It shall further be the duty of said officers to serve all 


190 HEALTH AND SANITATION 


notices directed to property owners or tenants or persons in con- 
trol of any property whereon there may exist any nuisance, as 
provided by the ordinances of said City. The City Manager may 
at his discretion employ such other assistants from time to time as 
he may deem necessary. 


Section 313. PROHIBITING THROWING WASTE MAT- 
TER IN STREETS AND ALLEYS. It shall be unlawful for any 
person, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee to 
throw animal or vegetable substance, straw, hay, oats, ashes, soot, 
glass, or other article or substance whatever into any street, alley, 
thoroughfare, or other public place in the City of Muskogee, or 
from his premises upon any property contiguous thereto. 


Section 314. PROHIBITING THROWING UNCLEAWN 
WATER INTO STREETS OR CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY. It 
shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of the 
City of Muskogee, to conduct into any street, alley or other public 
place, in the City of Muskogee any filthy, or sour or unclean water, 
from his house, kitchen or tenement, or to suffer any filth or water 
to escape from his premises upon any of the places above men- 
tioned or upon property contiguous thereto. 


Section 315. HOUSE OFFAL, ETC, [QO BESS. 
AWAY AS DESIGNATED. All house offal, whether consisting 
of animal or vegetable substance and all articles enumerated in 
the two preceding sections at private residences, boarding houses, 
hotels and other public houses, shall be safely gathered up, into 
convenient metallic barrels or other suitable metallic vessels, kept 
in some suitable place or places and hauled off every forty-eight 
hours, or oftener if necessary to the health and cleanliness of the 
City, to some place to be designated by the City Manager. 


Section 316. GUTTERS ABUTTING PREMISES eh aap 
FROM OBSTRUCTION. It shall be unlawful for any person, 
within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to allow any 
filth, dirt or obstruction of any kind to accumulate in the gutter 
in front of his premises; and all owners and occupants of property 
are required, under the penalty hereinafter provided, to keep their 
premises and the sidewalks, gutters, streets and alleys adjacent 
thereto, free from weeds, trash and all obstruction, and to remove 
such weeds, trash and obstruction from such places. 


Section 317. GARDENS; DECAYING VEGETABLE MAT- 
TER. All persons cultivating a garden inside the corporate limits 
of the City of Muskogee for the purpose of raising vegetables are 
required to keep such gardens clear and free of all decaying vege- 
table matter; and all gardens or parcels of ground used and culti- 
vated for the purpose aforesaid left in an unclean and filthy state, 
or with decaying vegetable matter of any kind in sight, or the 
smell of which to passersby denotes the presence of such decaying 
matter therein, are hereby declared nuisances, and the person or 


HEALTH AND SANITATION 191 


persons owning, controlling or cultivating such garden shall be 
‘subject to the penalties provided for herein. 


Seationecls: HOGSwNOl TOURER) KEPT WITHIN 4H 
CITY LIMITS. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any 
hog or hogs in a pen or stable, or otherwise confine any hog or 
hogs within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, without 
first having procured a written permit from the City Manager so to 
do; provided, this shall not apply to the placing of hogs in stock pens 
on railway right of way for the sole purpose of shipment. 


Section 319. DEAD ANIMALS. It shall be unlawful for any 
person, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee to 
put any dead animal in any street, alley, or any other public place, 
or to allow any dead animal which he owned, or had control of, to 
remain in any street, alley or other public place, or on the premises 
of any person whomsoever, within said City of Muskogee for 
more than six (6) hours and should any animal die in any street, 
alley or other public place, or on the premises of any person within 
said City, then the person or persons who owned or had control 
and possession of said animal prior to its death, shall remove or 
cause to be removed, such animal within six (6) hours from the 
time said animal died, removal to be made to a place designated by 
the City Sanitary Officer. 


Section 320. DEAD ANIMALS; REMOVAL; DEFINITION. 
It shall be the duty of the owner, possessor, and all persons having 
knowledge of any dead animal or animals, in the City of Musko- 
gee, to report the same to the proper sanitary officer of said City, 
giving the name of the person who owned or had possession, or 
control of said animal, and to cause the same to be removed, as 
provided for in the next preceding section. The words “dead ani- 
mals” as used in this section shall be held to include all dead, un- 
dressed and unslaughtered hogs, cattle, or other animals, which 
may have died from disease or accident or causes other than 
slaughter for use as food, in accordance with the sanitary law 
regulating such acts. And no slaughter, butchering or dressing 
of any animals shall be permitted for public or private use within 
the corporate limits of said city. 


Serotec Orel eAN De OTHER PUBLIC PLACES’ TO 
PROVIDE GARBAGE, BARRELS. That it shall be the duty of 
the owner or occupant of any hotel, restaurant, boarding house, 
butcher shop and other places where refuse and filth are liable to 
accumulate, to deposit all filth, slop, refuse, offal, vegetable or ani- 
mal matter that may accumulate upon or be the product of such 
premises, in metallic barrels with metallic covers and handles, 
which are commonly known as garbage barrels, and shall cause 
the same to be removed, daily, to such place as may be provided 
or designated by the Sanitary Officer. 


pection: 322.) PUBLIC PLACES; (WASTE MATTER. RE- 


192 HEALTH AND SANITATION 


CEPTACLES. That all business houses, offices, and all places of 
public business shall be provided with metallic boxes or barrels 
with metallic covers, wherein all sweepings, waste paper and 
refuse of every description shall be deposited to be removed daily 
as may be designated by the Sanitary Officer. Provided, that busi- 
ness houses, offices and places of public business may provide 
sacks with draw strings, wherein may be deposited waste papers 
and waste accumulated from such places, to be used under the 
direction of the City Manager. 


Section 323. PRIVIES; REGULATION OF. All privies and 
cess pools outside of the sewer district and not accessible thereto, 
shall be provided with boxes and such boxes shall be so construct- 
ed as to prevent all night soil and other closet matter from reach- 
ing the ground and all such closets and cess pools shall be cleaned 
as often as they become unsanitary. 


Section 324. PRIVIES; REMOVING CONTENTS. That 
the contents of all privies and cess pools shall be removed in an 
odorless airtight tank; said tank shall first be examined and in- 
spected by some member of the sanitary department before being 
used by the owner thereof and if said tank shall be approved by 
said member of said sanitary department the said department shall 
issue a certificate of approval and thereupon the owner thereof 
shall be authorized to use said air-tight tank for the purpose here- 
above indicated. The said sanitary department shall have the 
power at any time to condemn any tank or apparatus when unfit 
for use, as provided by this section. 


Section 325. PERMISSION TO HAUL REFUSE Aiea 
shall be unlawful for any person, to clean any privy or cess pool 
or haul, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, any 
filth, slop, refuse, offal, refuse vegetable or animal matter without 
first obtaining written permission from the City Manager. 


Section 326. SIDEWALKS; SWEEPING OF; REGGE 
TION. It shall be unlawful for any person to sweep or cause to 
be swept any sidewalk in the City of Muskogee within the fire 
limits of said City between the hours of seven thirty A. M. and ten 
o’clock P. M. Provided, that it shall not be unlawful at any time 
for the sidewalks to be cleaned by the use of the floor brush or 
floor mop, after such sidewalks are sprinkled with sweeping com- 
pound, and, provided further, that no trash, dirt, waste or refuse 
matter of any kind shall be swept or thrown into the street or 
gutter. 

Section 327. UNLAWFUL * TO” SWEEP “TRASH aa 
STREETS. That it shall be unlawful for any person to sweep or 


cause to be swept into any street of the City of Muskogee any 
boxes, waste paper, boards, card board or other trash. 


Section 328. DEFINING GARBAGE. That the word “gar- 


HEALTH AND SANITATION 193 


bage” as used herein means all slop, household waste, refuse aris- 
ing from the preparation of food and the remains of prepared 
food, dead animals and organic industrial refuse of whatever kind 
or nature, tin cans, waste paper and other waste accumulating 
within the said city. 


Section 329. CHARGES FOR REMOVING. The City of 
Muskogee shall charge for removing said garbage such rates as 
may be fixed by the City Manager. 


Section 330, REMOVED UNDER CONTROL OF, CLIY. 
Such garbage shall be collected and removed under the supervi- 
sion and control of the City Manager. 


Section 331. REMOVAL NIGHT’ SOIL;* LET BY (CON- 
TRACT. The collection, hauling and disposition of night 
soil and refuse from outhouses shall be let by contract, and the 
person receiving said contract shall collect and dispose of the 
same, receiving as his compensation therefor the sum of fifty cents 
from each person from whose premises the same is collected for 
each time the same is removed. The person receiving said contract 
shall have the exclusive right to remove such refuse from outhouses 
and shall remove the same in vehicles and receptacles as shall be 
approved by the Board of Health of the City of Muskogee, and 
along such routes and at such times as may be approved by said 
Board.. And no person shall remove any garbage, refuse or other 
waste matter along the streets of the City of Muskogee except 
such as may have a permit as herein provided for from the City of 
Muskogee. 


Section. 032) 0Gt tye TORRE TAIN EXCLUSIVE -RIGHT, TO 
REMOVE GARBAGE. The City of Muskogee shall retain the 
exclusive right to collect and remove all garbage and other waste 
matter within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, and 
shall grant no permit to any person to remove the same along the 
streets of the City of Muskogee except to such person as it may 
contract with for the removal of refuse and night soil from out- 
houses, and no person except such person as has such permit for 
the removal of night soil and refuse from outhouses shall remove 
any garbage, refuse or other waste matter along the streets of the 
City of Muskogee. 


Section 333. MAY ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR SALE 
OF GARBAGE. The City of Muskogee may enter into a contract 
for the sale of all or any portion of the garbage collected by it with- 
in the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, provided said 
contract be first approved by the Council of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 334. UNLAWFUL TO SPIT ON SIDEWALK, ETC. 
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to spit on any side- 
walk, or on the floor of any street car or other public conveyance, 
or in any public building, or hall, or on the floor of any theatre 


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or moving picture show, within the corporate limits of the City 
of Muskogee, except in cuspidors or other receptacles especially 
provided therein for that purpose. 


Section 335. CREATING POSITION OF CITY BACTER- 
IOLOGIST. That the duties of such bacteriologist shall be to 
make all tests of water, milk and other substances upon request 
of the City Manager and to make any laboratory examinations of 
patients under the care of the City Physician or Health Officer 
of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 336. INVALIDITY OF ONE SECTION NOT TO IN- 
VALIDATE OTHERS. If any provision or section of this chap- 
ter shall be held invalid it shall not effect the remaining provisions 
thereof, but the same shall be deemed valid and remain in full force 
and effect. 


Section 337. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the 
sections or provisions of this chapter, or failing to comply with 
any of the provisions and requirements of this chapter, or to com- 
ply with any order of the City Superintendent of public health, or 
other sanitary officer, as herein authorized to be made, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine in any sum 
not exceeding $19.95. Each and every day any person shall per- 
mit any condition to exist or continue upon his premises in viola- 
tion of any provision of this chapter, or any order of the City 
Superintendent of Public Health, or other sanitary officer, as here- 
in authorized to be made, shall constitute a separate offense. 


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CHAPTER XI. 


HOUSE NUMBERING AND STREET MARKERS. 


Article I. House Numbering. Article II. Street Markers. 


ARTICLE I. 


HOUSE NUMBERING. 


Section. Section. 

338. M. K. & T. Right-of- territory outside of orig- 
Way; Okmulgee; Base inal townsite and McKel- 
Lines. lop’s Addition. 

339. Original Townsite & 343. Numbers; Requirements. 
McKellop’s Addition. 344. Numbers; Building In- 

~ 340. Numbering Scheme; spector to designate. 
Original townsite and 345. Duties of agents or 
McKellop’s Addition. owners to number. 

341. Where cross street cause 346. Penalty for failure to 
jog; provisions for. comply with certain con- 

342. Extending numbering to ditions. 


Ordinance 733. 


ARTICLE I. 


HOUSE NUMBERING. 


Section 338. M. K. & T. RIGHT-OF-WAY; OKMULGEE; 
BASE LINE. That for the purpose of numbering and more par- 
ticularly locating all business houses and residences of the City of 
Muskogee on the streets and avenues thereof, a line along the cen- 
ter of the right-of-way of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway 
from the Northern to the Southern limits of the City shall be the 
base line or dividing line between the East and West portions of 
the City, and all streets and avenues which cross the M. K. & T. 
Railway shall have prefixed to the official name of the Street or 
avenue, the word “East or West” according as that portion of the 
street or avenue lies Eastward or Westward from said Railway ; 
and that Okmulgee Avenue shall be the base line or dividing line 
between the North and South portions of the City. All streets 
crossing Okmulgee Avenue shall have prefixed to the official name 
the word North or South according as that portion of the street 
lies Northward or Southward from said Okmulgee Avenue. Where 
streets do not have the same name on each side of the said base 
lines, these additional designations shall not be required. All house 


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numbering of the City shall proceed Eastward, Westward, North- 
ward, and Southward from these base lines. 


Section 339. ORIGINAL TOWNSITE & McKELLOP’S AD- 
DITION. For practical purposes all the principal streets, Avenues, 
and Boulevards in the original townsite and in McKellop’s Addition 
shall be considered as even hundreds in the numbering scheme, ac- 
cording to the relative position with regard to these base lines, of 
the numerical names or the numerical alphabetical names of said 
principal streets, Avenues or Boulevards and the house numbers in 
the block next to them shall be the units and tens of the complete 
house number. 


Section 340. NUMBERING SCHEME; ORIGINAL TOWN- 
SITE AND McKELLOP’S ADDITION. That for the purpose of 
locating business houses and residences in the respective blocks, 
each twenty-five feet of frontage (and the final fraction of ten 
feet or more) shall constitute a lot or space for one house number, 
all odd numbers (as 1, 3, 5, etc.) being placed on the South or West 
side of the street, and all even numbers (as 2, 4, 6, etc.) on the 
North or East side of the Street. 


Beginning at the center of the M. K, & T. Railway on any 
East and West street or avenue, the first numbers going East- 
ward or Westward from said base line shall be 1 and 2, then 3 and 
4, then 5 and 6 and continuing on alternating sides of the street 
until Main Street is reached on the West and Cherokee Street on 
the East. 


Then beginning West of Main Street and East of Cherokee 
Street the first number shall be 101 and 102, then 103 and 104 and 
alternating as before on opposite sides of the street until second 
street is reached on the West and “B” Street on the East, at which 
a new hundred, according to numerical or numerical alphabetical 
name of said street, shall begin and the units and tens shall revert 
to 1 and 2’and proceed as before. 


For the North and South street numbers, a like method shall 
be followed, the first two numbers north of Okmulgee Avenue or 
South of Okmulgee Avenue or any street shall be 101 and 102 and 
alternate numbers until Boston, or Baltimore, or Broadway is 
reached, when 201 and 202 will be the first numbers of the block. 


In like manner, Third, “C”’, Court, and Callahan streets, and 
Columbus and Cincinnati Avenue shall be reckoned 300; Fourth, 
“D”, Dayton, Denison Streets, and Denver and Dorchester Avenues © 
shall be reckoned 400; and in like manner for all other streets and 
avenues in the numerical or numerical alphabetical order. 


But Commercial Street shall be counted as an extension of 
Emporia Street, Spruce Street shall be considered an extension of 
Fourth Street. Tower Hill Boulevard west of block 277 and Ter- 
race Place shall be considered an extension of Iola Street. North 
Terrace Boulevard, an extension of Howard Street; South Terrace 


HOUSE NUMBERING AND STREET MARKERS 197 


. Boulevard, an extension of Girard Street; Spaulding Boulevard, an 
extension of “F” Street; South Side Boulevard, an extension of 
Hartford and Hamilton Avenues; Capitol Place as an extension 
of Tenth Street. 


East Side Boulevard shall be reckoned 800 and North “H” Street 
and Ash Street shall be reckoned 900. 


The following streets, avenues, places and alleys, to-wit: Wall, 
Lombard, Lake, Market, Altamont, Mill, Oak, Elm, Maddin, Peoria, 
Vine, East, Grant, Wealaka, Owen, Byrne, Elliott, Chandler, Dela- 
ware, Louisiana and Creek Streets; Felix, Garland and Worrior 
Avenues; Prospect Place, Park Place, Wiswell Place and Times 
Street or alley together with any other that may be created or 
opened out of the regular order shall be disregarded when number- 
ing across them; but they and all other short streets and avenues, 
boulevards, places, drives, and alleys shall be numbered along their 
length uniformly with the streets parallel and alongside of them. 


Bpeciono4l WHERE CROSS” SPREETS CAUSE OG: 
When cross streets form what is commonly called a jog or off-set 
across any street, the numbering of the longer block shall continue 
as begun until finished, although some of the numbers on the op- 
posite side of the street may be in a new hundred; but when the 
second part of the jog or off-set is passed, the numbers on that 
side of the street shall correspond in odd or even numbers to those 
which were begun when the first jog or offset was passed. 


Long blocks which face two or more blocks shall be numbered 
to correspond with the block which they face, and likewise other 
long blocks parallel with such long blocks shall be numbered as 
nearly as may be with such first named long blocks, so that the 
numbering throughout the City shall be as nearly as practicable 
parallel in parallel blocks. 


The blocks bounded by the M. K. & T. Ry., Okmulgee Avenue, 
Seventh Street, and South Side Boulevard shall be numbered from 
North to South so that the numbers shall be as nearly as practicable 
parallel with the numbers West of Seventh Street omitting the 
400 block. 


Blocks 44 to 47 inclusive, shall be numbered going Eastward 
in 300, 400, and 500. Block 410 and the West side of Block 436 shall 
be numbered going Northward as if Elmira was continued through 
the same. Block 64, and blocks 323 and to 332, inclusive, shall be 
numbered, going southward, as though Independence and Joliet 
Avenues were extended through the same. Blocks 49 and 395 shall 
be numbered, going Northward, as though Galvestion Street ex- 
tended: through the same; Blocks 364 to 368, inclusive, shall be 
numbered going Southward as though Ellsworth Avenue were 
continued along the line of the Midland Valley Railroad. 


Section 342, EXTENDING NUMBERING TO TERRITORY 
OUTSIDE OF ORIGINAL TOWNSITE AND McKELLOP’S AD- 


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DITION. In extending the numbering to that portion of the City 
outside of the original townsite and McKellop’s Addition, the basis 
for numbering shall be four blocks or four hundreds to each quar- 
ter mile. 

The Northern Boundary of the original townsite West of the 
M. K. & T. Railway and the extension of said line westward shall 
be considered 1200 and each quarter of a mile going Northward 
shall be counted four blocks or four hundreds. ‘The section line 
between Sections 20, 21, 22 and 23 on the South and Sections 14, 
15, 16 and 17 on the North shall be counted 2000. The West Boun- 
dary of the original townsite and the extension of the same South- 
ward shall be counted 2000 and each quarter of a mile going West- 
ward shall be counted four blocks or four hundreds. The Section 
line on the West side of Section 22 and 27 shall be counted 2400 
and the Section line on the West side of Sections 21 and 28 shall 
be counted 4000; provided, however, that Northward of Emporia 
Street the Extension of Twentieth Street shall be counted 2000. 


The South Boundary of the original townsite, east of the M. 
K. & T. Ry., and the extension of said line eastward, shall be con- 
sidered 1600 and each quarter mile going Southward shall be 
counted four blocks or four hundreds. | 

The township line between townships 14 and 15 north shall be 
counted 2400. ) 

The East line of the original townsite and the extension of the 
said line Northward shall be considered 1700 and the numbering ~ 
going Eastward shall be as follows: Maple and R. Streets, 1800, 
Chestnut and S. Streets, 1900; Walnut, T. and Kentucky Streets, 
2000; Utah Street, 2100, and Virginia Street, 2200, Washington 
Street, 2300, and the Section line or Range line between Ranges 
18 and 19 East and known as York Street, 2400. 

The numbering in the Midland Valley Addition going East- 
ward shall be as follows: Lubbes Avenue, 600, Welch Avenue and 
the East line of Midland Valley Railroad Shop grounds south Tur- 
ner Street, 700; Kinney Avenue, 800, Harrison Avenue, 900; Pat- 
terson Avenue, 1000; Trumbo Avenue, 1100; Cook Avenue, 1200 
and Gulick Avenue, 1300. 

The numbering in the Robison Addition going Eastward shall 
be as follows: East line of the original townsite, 1300, Sycamore 
“Street, 1400, Missouri Street, 1500, Texas Street, 1600, Choctaw 
Street, 1700, Osage Street, 1800; Seminole Street and the exten- 
sion of the same from Baltimore Southward, 1900. 

The north line of Blocks 44 and 417 and of the Martin Miller 
Reid Addition and the extension of the said line Eastward shall be 
counted 1400 and each quarter of a mile going Northward (East 
-of the M. K. & T. Ry.) shall be counted four blocks or four hun- 
dreds. : 
3 Alta Vista and Findlay Heights shall be numbered going North- 
-ward as follows: Okmulgee Avenue, 100; Broadway, 200; Court 


HOUSE NUMBERING AND STREET MARKERS 199 


300, Agency, 400, Denison Street, 500, Findlay Avenue, 600, To- 
peka Avenue, 700; and Emporia Street, 1200; and the numbers 
running Northward in the territory west of same shall correspond 
with the above numbering. 


The Highlands, Higgins Addition and Garrett Heights shall 
be numbered going Southward as follows: Okmulgee Avenue, 100, 
Boston Avenue, 200, Columbus Avenue, 400, Elgin Avenue, 500, 
Arline Avenue, 600, Carolyn Avenue, 700, Tennyson Avenue, 800, 
Estelle Avenue, 900, Elizabeth Avenue, 1000, Williams Avenue, 1100, 
Maryland Avenue, 1200, and Border Avenue, 1600; and the num- 
bers running South in all of the Territory West of the same shall 
correspond as nearly as practical to the above numbering. 


In Dean’s Addition the Midland Valley Railroad shall be con- 
sidered an extension of Jackson Avenue. Dean Avenue shall be 
considered as an extension of Kalamazoo Avenue and Jones Avenue 
as an extension of Lincoln Avenue. Cecil Street shall be consid- 
ered an extension of Tenth Street, McCormick Street as an exten- 
sion of Eleventh Street and Thompson Street as an extension of 
Twelfth Street. 

All numbers running Fastward and Westward, North of the 
North line and South of the South line of the townsite and the 
extensions of the said lines East and West shall correspond as 
nearly as practicable to those numbers opposite or parallel to the 
same in the townsite and those immediately East and West of the 
same. 

All numbers running Northward and Southward, East of the 
East line and West of the West line of the townsite and the exten- 
sions of said lines north and south shall correspond as nearly 
as practicable to those in the townsite and those immediately North 
and South of the same. 


Section 343. NUMBERS: REQUIREMENTS. All numbers 
on business or residence houses in the City shall be of a figure not 
less than three inches in height and approximately two or more 
inches in width and shall be so placed as to be seen plainly from 
the street. They shall be purchased and paid for by the owner or 
agent of the property. The figures shall be of durable metal, glass 
or enamel, or they may be painted of neat design and durable ma- 
terial on the glass of the transom of the door. Perishable materials, 
as wood, paper and card, and marking of pen, pencil or other easily 
displaced substance shall not be deemed a compliance with this 
ordinance. 


Section 344. NUMBERS; BUILDING INSPECTOR TO 
DESIGNATE. Building Inspector of the City shall designate the 
numbers of all houses in conformity with the preceding provisions 
and shall furnish the owner or agent of each house now or here- 
after built with its proper number as soon as completed. 

When any house is not correctly numbered, or not numbered 
at all, the Building Inspector shall give such house its proper num- 


200 HOUSE NUMBERING AND STREET MARKERS 


ber and shall notify the owner, agent or occupant to number such 
house correctly in accordance with this ordinance. 


Section 345. DUTIES OF AGENTS OR OWNERS TO NUM- 
BER. It shall be the duty of owners or Agents of business or 
residence buildings to properly and correctly number the same 
within sixty days and in like manner to number all new buildings 
in construction or hereafter constructed within twenty days after 
the building is completed, or within twenty days after it is occu- 
pied, and buildings removed from one lot to another shall in like 
manner be re-numbered according to the new location within 
twenty days after such removal and re-location. And the owner, 
agents, or other persons making repairs or additions to buildings 
shall cause the number (or others of proper kind) to be replaced, 
should the repairs or improvements require temporary removal of 
the numbers. 


Section 346. PENALTY FOR FAILURE 10 3¢@eRa 
WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS. Any person, whether owner, 
agent or occupant, who shall fail or refuse to correctly number 
any house owned, occupied or controlled by said person within 
twenty days from the date of notice from the Building Inspector 
to do so, or who shall fail or refuse to number any house which has 
been removed from one lot to another or which has been repaired; 
or who shall number any house otherwise than in conformity with 
this ordinance, or who shall destroy or remove the house number 
of another, or who shall obliterate, conceal or obscure any house 
number by paint or other means shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $19.95. 


ARTICLE II. 


STREET MARKERS. 


Section. Section. 
347. Markers at Street Cross- 348. Penalty. 
ings. 


Ordinance 64. 


ARTICLE II. 


STREET MARKERS. 


Section 347. MARKERS AT STREET CROSSINGS. That 
for the purpose of marking and properly designating the streets 
and avenues of the City there shall be placed at all street crossings, 
metal signs with the names of the streets and avenues plainly 
painted thereon. Such street names shall be uniform and of a di- 


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mension not less than 4x14 inches and shall conform as nearly as 
practical to the general style of the house numbers adopted by the 
City. They shall be firmly nailed to the fences, buildings or other 
suitable places found at the crossings or intersections of all streets 
and two shall be placed on the northeast corner and two diagonally 
across the street on the southwest corner, and in such a manner 
as to be easily seen and so as to designate the street traversed and 
also the street crossed; Provided, that the markers or signs placed 
at street intersections by the Kiwanis Club during the year 1920 
are hereby adopted and designated as correct and proper markers. 


Section 348. PENALTY. It shall be unlawful to mar or de- 
face such street names or signs or markers in any manner what- 
soever, and any person or persons who shall do so, shall be deemed 
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a 
fine in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


CHAPTER XII. 


INTOXICATING LIQUORS. 


Section. Section. 
349. Defining “Intoxicating 352. Unlawful to transport. 
liquor.” 353. Building where liquor 
350. Unlawful to manufac- sold declared a nuisance. 
ture, etc. 354. One section invalid not 
351. Unlawful to keep or pos- to invalidate others. 
‘sess with intent to sell. doo. Penalty. 


Ordinance 1198. 


Section 349. DEFINING “INTOXICATING LIQUOR.” The 
word “liquor,” or the phrase “intoxicating liquor” when used in 
this article, shall be construed to include and mean alcohol, brandy, 
whiskey, rum, gin, beer, ale, porter, and wine, and in addition there- 
to any spiritious, vinous, malt or fermented liquors, liquids or com- 
pounds, whether medicated, proprietary, patented or not, and by 
whatever name called, containing one-half of one per cent, or 
more, of alcohol by volume, which are fit for use for beverage 
purposes; and the word “person” shall mean and include natural 
persons, associations, co-partnerships and corporations. 


Section 350. UNLAWFUL TO MANUFACTURE, ETC. 
That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, give 
away, dispose of, exchange, barter, or otherwise furnish any intoxi- 
cating liquor as defined in this article, except when the same is 
manufactured, sold or otherwise furnished in accordance with the 
laws of the United States, and of the State of Oklahoma, and the 


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rules and regulations duly prescribed thereunder. 


Section 351. UNLAWFUL TO KEEP OR POSSESS WITH 
INTENT TO SELL. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep 
or possess any intoxicating liquor as the same is defined in this 
article with the intent to sell or otherwise dispose of the same in 
violation of Section 2 of this article. 


Section 352. UNLAWFUL TO TRANSPORT. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person to transport, either directly or indirectly, any 
intoxicating liquor as defined in this Ordinance from any point or 
place in the City of Muskogee to any other point or place therein, 
except the same be a lawful purchase under the laws of the United 
States or of the State of Oklahoma. 


Section 353. BUILDING WHERE LIQUOR SORDe DE 
CLARED A NUISANCE. That any room, house, building, ve- 
hicle, structure or place where intoxicating liquor, as defined in this 
article, is manufactured, sold, kept, bartered, or otherwise furn- 
ished, in violation of any of the provisions of this article, is hereby 
declared to be a common nuisance and unlawful, and any person 
who maintains such a common nuisance, either directly or indirect- 
ly, shall be punished as provided in this Ordinance. 


Section 354. INVALID SECTION NOT TO INVALIDATE 
OTHERS. Should any section or provision of this article be for 
any reason held void or invalid, it shall not affect the validity of 
any other section or provision thereof which is not itself void or 
invalid. 


Section 355. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate any 
provision of this article shall, on conviction for the first offense, be 
fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95; and shall, on conviction of 
the second or any subsequent offense under this article, be fined 
in any sum not exceeding $19.95, or be imprisoned not exceeding 
sixty (60) days, or both. 


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CHAPTER XIII. 


JITNEY VEHICLES, OPERATION OF. 


Section. Section. 

356. Defining “Jitney Ve- 363. Jitneys to maintain 
hicle.”’ schedule. 

357. Must obtain license. 364. To paint sign “Jitney” on 

358. Application to be pre- windshield. _ 
sented to Council. 365. To display license, name 

359. City Clerk to issue li- of owner, route and ter- 
cense. ee 7 

BPO ikon ces fax 366. To leave termini at an- 

; ioat Se nounced time. 

361. Riding outside body of 367. License to be revoked for 
vehicle—Prohibited. cause. 

362. To designate streets on 368. Operating without license 
which jitneys shall oper- a misdemeanor. 
aceen. 369. Penalty. 


Ordinances 1150-1151. 


Section 356. DEFINING “JITNEY VEHICLE.” The words 
“Jitney Vehicle” as used in this Ordinance shall mean and include, 
and this Ordinance shall govern, any motor vehicle, jitney auto- 
mobile, automobile, automobile motor bus, or other self-propelled 
vehicle, except street cars running on rails, engaged in the busi- 
ness of carrying passengers over a regular route, or routes, or 
which, if held out or announced by sign, voice, device or advertise- 
ment, to operate or run, or which is operated or run, over a regular 
or particular route, or routes, or from a particular terminus, sta- 
tion or place to any other particular terminus, station or place; 
or having a particular time of departure from or arrival at any 
terminus, station or place. Automobiles and other self-propelled 
vehicles used as sight-seeing cars, hotel buses, depot buses, livery 
automobiles or taxi-cabs, and which have regular stands or places 
of business and which are operated for hire by the hour, day or 
trip, are not included in or governed by the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance. 


Section 357. MUST OBTAIN LICENSE TO OPERATE VE- 
HICLE FOR HIRE. No person, firm or corporation shall operate 
any such vehicle for the carriage of persons without first obtaining 
a license therefor for each vehicle and no such license shall be is- 
sued until the person desiring such license shall file with the City 
Clerk of said City a written application signed by the applicant 
therefor, stating: 

1. The horse power of such vehicle. 

2. The trade name and factory number of such vehicle. 

3. The seating capacity of such vehicle as ordinarily adver- 


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tised by the manufacturer of said vehicle. Provided, however, if 
such seating capacity has been changed or re-constructed or the 
person making the application desires to change the seating cap- 
acity of said vehicle then the re-constructed or changed seating 
capacity of said vehicle. 

4. The terminal or route over which such vehicle is to be 
operated. 

5. The hours of the day during which such vehicle is to be 
operated, the frequency of the trips to be made over such route, 
or routes, together with the time of departure from the termini 
of such route or routes for each trip over the same. 


6. That there will be held in readiness for service, under the 
condition and in the manner required of jitney vehicles in active 
use, an extra jitney vehicle to be held in reserve so that the schedule 
to be maintained by such licenses may be continued without inter- 
ruption in case of accident, damage or any failure to use the jitney 
vehicle regularly on such line. 


7. Fare to be charged. 


And the person desiring such license shall file with the City 
Clerk a statement setting forth: 

1. The name of the person, firm or corporation desiring to 
procure such license, stating whether or not the applicant is an in- 
dividual, partnership or corporation, and whether or not such per- 
son, firm or corporation is a resident of the City of Muskogee. 


2. The age of all persons whom it is intended shall have 
charge during its operation in the City of Muskogee of such ve- 
hicle. 

3. Whether or not all persons whom it is intended shall oper- 
ate such vehicle have any physical defects which render such per- 
son unfit to safely operate such vehicle. 


4. Whether or not the person, or persons, whom it is intended 
shall operate such vehicle are addicted to the use of intoxicating 
liquors, morphine, opiates, or any other derivative or preparation 
manufactured from opium or cocoa leaves or morphine. 


5. Whether or not the person or persons whom it is intended 
shall operate such vehicle are of good moral character. 


Before receiving any license to engage in the business of oper- 
ating a jitney, or jitney vehicles, in the City of Muskogee, each ap- 
plicant shall file with the City Clerk an indemnity bond in the sum_ 
of $2500.00 for the operation of each jitney vehicle. And it shall be 
the duty of the Clerk to present such bond to the City Council at 
its next regular meeting after the filing of said bond with the City 
Clerk, and the same shall be approved by the Mayor and Council 
before said license shall be issued and the applicant shall maintain 
the bond at the amount specified during the whole time said appli- 
cant is engaged in the business of operating a jitney vehicle, or 
jitney vehicles. Said bond shall be conditioned to the effect that 


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the owner, or operator, of any jitney vehicle will pay to the person, 
or persons, recovering any final judgment against such owner, or 
operator, of any jitney vehicle for the damage or any wrongful 
death of any person, or any injury to any person, or injury or dam- 
age to any property caused by the operator of any jitney vehicle, 
and said bond shall not be void upon the first recovery, but shall 
remain liable and be sued from time to time until the full penalty 
thereof may be exhausted. 


All statements herein required to be made shall be vérified 
by the affidavit of the person, firm or corporation making the ap- 
plication. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk upon the filing of 
the application substantially complying with the requirements set 
out in this Section, to present the same to the Mayor and City 
Council of said City at their next regular meeting after the filing 
of the statement herein mentioned, and in no case shall the City 
Clerk delay presenting said application to the Mayor and City Coun- 
cil for a longer period than one week. 


Section Joo, APPLICATION [TO BE PRESENTED BY CITY 
CLERK TO COUNCIL. Whenever any application mentioned in 
peewonuso/ hereot shall-be presented to the Mayor and City 
Council of said City by the City Clerk, it shall be the duty of said 
City Council to read the same in open meeting and determine 
whether or not the person, firm or corporation making application 
for a license under the provisions of this Ordinance is a suitable 
person to whom such license should be issued in respect to the mat- 
ters set out in the preceding Section hereof, and whether or not 
the vehicle which it is intended should be operated is a suitable, 
and safe vehicle to be operated as a jitney vehicle. And the Mayor 
and City Council of said City shall determine whether or not the 
- route for which a license is sought is a proper route for the opera- 
tion of a jitney vehicle in the City of Muskogee. 


Provided, no person, firm or corporation making application 
for a license as herein provided, shall be denied the same unless 
City Council should determine that the route sought to be used 
by such applicant is already burdened with an unusual amount of 
traffic to such an extent that it is dangerous to the public safety 
to have an additional amount of traffic imposed upon such route or 
unless the person, firm or corporation is found to be unfit, or the 
vehicle intended to be used is found to be unsafe for the public 
safety in regard to the matters specified in the preceding Section. 
Should the Mayor and City Council find that the application herein 
mentioned under the terms of this Ordinance should be granted 
and the applicant given a license under the provisions herein, then 
in that case the City Clerk shall be instructed to forthwith notify 
the City Manager that the application of the applicant for a 
jitney license as herein mentioned has been granted. Should 
the Mayor and City Council determine that the application should 
not be granted, then it shall be their duty to deny the same and 


206 JITNEY VEHICLES 


enter the same on record of the meeting of said Council, specifying 
the reasons why such application is denied, and no applicant de- 
nied the license as herein contemplated, shall again make applica- 
tion within a period of three months or until the specific cause of 
the denial has been entirely removed or obviated. 


Section 359. TO ISSUE LICENSE. It shall be the duty of 
the City Clerk to immediately issue to the applicant a license upon 
the allowance of the application by the Mayor and City Council of 
said City and upon payment of the fee therefor. 


Section 360. TO ISSUE LICENSE ON PAYMENT OF LI- 
CENSE TAX. No license shall be issued until the person, firm or 
corporation desiring the same shall pay or cause to be paid a li- 
cense tax in the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per annum, payable 
in advance for each jitney vehicle operated or to be operated by 
such applicant. | 


The proceeds from all license taxes collected under this Ordi- 
nance shall be paid into the general fund of said City, for the pur- 
pose of defraying the expenses attendant upon the supervision and 
regulation of Jitneys and issuance of license for operation of same. 


Section 361. UNLAWFUL TO SIT OR RIDES ON RUN- 
NING BOARD, ETC. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm 
or corporation to operate any jitney vehicle either as principal, 
owner, agent or employee while any person is standing or sitting 
on the running board, fender or hood of any such vehicle, or while 
any person is riding on the same outside the body thereof; or where 
there are more than four (4) adult persons thereon or therein in 
addition to the rated seating capacity of such machine, and it shall - 
be unlawful for any person to stand or sit upon any fender, running 
board or hood of any such vehicle or to occupy a position thereon 
or therein outside of the body of such vehicle while said vehicle is 
in motion and being operated as a jitney vehicle. 


Section 362. MAYOR’) AND CITY COUNCIL, TOsDESi=. 
NATE STREETS ON WHICH JITNEYS SHALL OPHEAa= 
It shall be the duty of the Mayor and City Council in granting any 
application for license as herein provided, to state definitely in 
writing to the licensee the streets or highways in the City of Mus- 
kogee upon which a licensee may operate such vehicle, the schedule 
upon which such vehicle is to be operated, the route and terms 
upon which the same is to be operated and the hours during which 
such vehicle shall operate for each day of the week; and shall speci- 
fy in granting the license that no particular driver shall operate a 
jitney vehicle during any day for a longer period than eight (8) 
hours during the day except in case of emergency and upon the 
securing of a permit issued by the Chief of Police. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate any jitney 
vehicle upon any street, highway or avenue in the City of Mus- 
kogee other than upon such street, highway or avenue designated 


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by the Mayor and City Council under the provisions of this Ordi- 
nance.. 


Section 363. JITNEYS TO MAINTAIN SCHEDULE. Every 
owner or operator of a jitney vehicle shall cause such vehicle to 
leave the termini of its route at the time stated in his application 
for a license for such vehicle, and to travel over such route and to 
keep and maintain a regular schedule specified for the time of leav- 
ing the termini of said route between the hours of six o’clock A. 
M. and ten o’clock P. M. 


section 364. TO. PAINT SIGN “JITNEY” ON . WIND- 
SHIELD. It shall be the duty of all persons operating jitney ve- 
hicles to have the word “jitney” painted on the wind shield of such 
vehicle in such a manner that the same is legible for a distance of 
fifty (50) feet and in such a manner that said word can not be 
readily removed or obscured. Placards and attached signs, other 
than one painted on the wind shield shall not be construed to com- 
ply with this provision. 

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to 
drive or operate any jitney vehicle on the streets of the City of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma, for hire, unless the same shall have installed 
therein and in working order, an instrument commonly known as 
a speedometer, which instrument shall at all times be properly 
connected, according to the common and ordinary use of such 
instrument, to the vehicle so that the rate of speed at which such 
vehicle is being driven, or operated, may be determined by the 
person operating or in charge of such vehicle or by any person 
near such driver or operator. 


Section 365. TO DISPLAY LICENSE, NAME OF OWNER, 
ROUTE AND TERMINI. All jitney vehicles shall have displayed 
therein in a conspicuous manner, first, the name of the party own- 
ing, or operating, the same; second, its license number; third, its 
general route and the termini thereof. All such vehicles shall, in 
addition to the lights now required by Ordinance having the inter- 
ior, or body of such vehicle, if the capacity thereof is five passengers 
or more, well lighted and illuminated after dark. 


The licensee operating such vehicle shall keep, or cause to be 
kept, a permanent record showing the name of the driver in charge 
of the operation of such vehicle at all times. 


Section 366. TO LEAVE TERMINI AT ANNOUNCED 
TIME. It shall be unlawful for any driver, operator or person in 
charge of any such jitney vehicle to wilfully cause such vehicle to 
leave any terminus of its route at any time other than its announced 
or scheduled time, or to operate the same at any other place than 
on its announced and scheduled route, for the purpose of carrying 
passengers for hire; or to wilfully fail or refuse to run or operate 
said vehicle over its announced or scheduled route at the time of 
its announced or scheduled leaving or arrival at the termini of its 
route. 


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Section 367. LICENSE TO BE REVOKED FOR VIOLA- 
TION OF PROVISIONS. Upon written complaint filed with the 
Mayor and City Council upon notice of not less than three days nor 
more than fifteen days given to the licensee that said licensee has 
violated any of the terms or provisions of this article, or any of 
the existing Ordinances of the City of Muskogee pertaining to the 
regulation of the operation of jitney vehicles, and upon the deter- 
mination by the Mayor and Council that the provisions of this 
article or of such Ordinances have been violated by any licensee, 
it shall be the duty of the Mayor and City Council to revoke the 
license of such licensee and restore to such licensee a pro-rata part 
of the license fee herein provided, or pro-rated according to the — 
time the same has run and the same would run were not such li- 
cense revoked. 


Section 368. OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSE A MIS- 
DEMEANOR. Any person who shall operate any jitney vehicle 
carrying passengers for hire on the streets of the City of Mus- 
kogee without having procured a license to do so under the provi- 
sions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished 
as hereinafter provided. Each day during which any person shall 
operate any such vehicle without a license so to do, shall be deemed 
a separate offense and a separate violation of this article. 

Section 369. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person, 
firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article, 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $19.95. 


CHAPTER XIV. 


LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE AND MANNER OF HANDLING 
CLAIMS. 


Article I. Councilmanic Rules. Article II. Claims Against City. 


ARTICLE I. 


COUNCILMANIC RULES. 


Section. Section. 
370. Regular meeting day. 373. Motions; In possession of 
371. Special Meetings. Council, when. 
372. Order of business. 374. Questions under debate; 


Motions allowable. 


Ordinance No. 705. City Council—Legislative Procedure. 
Ordinance No. 1201. Setting Time for Regular Meetings. 


Section 3/0. REGULAR MEETING. That from and after 


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the passage, approval and publication of this Ordinance, the reg- 

ular meetings of the City Council of the City of Muskogee shall be 

held at the City offices of said City at four (4) o’clock p. m. on the 

second (2nd) and fourth (4th) Tuesdays of each month, provided 

that if any such meeting falls upon a legal holiday, then such meet- 

ing shall be held at the same time and place on the next succeeding 
ay. 

371. SPECIAL MEETINGS. That a special meeting of the 
City Council of the City of Muskogee may be called by the Mayor 
or by nine (9) Councilmen at any time on twenty-four (24) hours 
notice to all members of the Council. Such notice must be given 
by the City Clerk and may be given either by telephone or by writ- 
ten notice duly posted in the mails, and proof of the giving of the 
notice required herein shall be made by the City Clerk and duly 
filed as a part of the records of his office before such special meet- 
ing shall have authority to transact the business named as the 
purpose of the meetings in the call. 


Section 372. ORDER OF BUSINESS. The Order of busi- 


ness at all regular meetings shall be as follows: 


Ist. The calling of the roll and the marking of absentees, if 
any. 

2nd. The reading of the minutes of the last regular or special 
meeting, or both if necessary, and the correction of any 
error, or errors, in such minutes, if any there be. 

3rd. The receiving of reports of committees other than upon 
Ordinances. 

4th. The receiving of petitions. 

5th. ‘The consideration of claims and accounts against the 
City. 

6th. The taking up of business on the table in its regular 
Order, 

7th. The taking up of unfinished business. 

8th. The taking up of new business, including the introduction 
of new ordinances and new resolutions. 

Oth. The consideration of Ordinances, Resolutions and 
Motions. 


Section 1476," MOTIONS: IN POSSESSION: OF COUNCIL 
WHEN. When a motion is made and seconded it shall be deemed 
to be in the possession of the Council, and shall be stated by the 
presiding officer, or, if in’ writing, may be read by the mover and 
by him handed to the Clerk, to be read by the Clerk previous to the 
debate. 

Section 374. QUESTIONS UNDER DEBATE; MOTIONS 
ALLOWABLE. When a question is under debate no motion shall 
be received unless “to adjourn,” “to lay.on the table,” “for the 
previous question,” “to postpone to a certain time,” “to commit 


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99 66 


or recommit,” “to amend” or “to postpone indefinitely.” These 
several questions shall take precedence in the order in which they 
are enumerated. A motion or resolution may be withdrawn at 
any time before action is had thereon, by the mover thereof, to- 
gether with the consent of the seconder. 


ARTICLE II. 


CLAIMS AGAINST CITY. 


Section. Section. 
375. To: be itemized, etc. 377. City Manager to prepare 
376. City Manager to Audit. and present schedule of 


all claims monthly. 


Ordinance No. 1180. 


Section 375. TO BE ITEMIZED. All claims for money due 
from the City of Muskogee shall be itemized in detail, verified and 
filed for allowance and payment with the City Manager within 
such time after any such claim or claims shall become due as the 
City Manager shall prescribe. Such verified claim or claims shall 
show in detail the amount due on each item, the date thereof, the 
purpose for which each item was expended and such other facts as 
are necessary to show the legality of such claim or claims and each 
item thereof. 


Section 376. CITY MANAGER TO AUDIT. The City Man- 
ager shall audit and examine into such claim or claims so filed with 
him for allowance and payment as aforesaid, and if such claim or 
claims and all parts thereof are found to be correct and in compli- 
ance with Section 375 of this article, the same shall be by the City 
Manager allowed for payment, and the City Manager shall there- 
upon prepare, draw and sign a warrant therefor on the City Treas- 
urer, or cause same to be prepared, and shall require the City Clerk 
to attest the same with his signature as such City Clerk, and to 
affix the seal of the City thereto, and the City Auditor shall keep 
such account and record thereof as the City Manager shall pre- 
scribe in a book to be provided for that purpose. 


Section 377, CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND SUB- 
MIT SCHEDULE OF ALL CLAIMS MONTHLY. That at the 
first regular meeting of the City Council next after the first of 
each month hereafter, the City Manager shall prepare and present 
for approval to the Council of the City of Muskogee a report and 
schedule in writing of all claims allowed for payment during the 
previous month in accordance with Section 376 of this article, and 
shall annex thereto the return receipts showing payment of each 
item of such claims, which report and schedule, shall be prepared 


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in manner and form as in the judgment of the City Manager shall 
be deemed necessary to fully inform the Council of the City of 
Muskogee of the facts necessary to show the legality of all such 
claims and of each item thereof, and if the said report and schedule 
is found to be correct, the Council of the City of Muskogee shall 
thereupon authorize and direct the Mayor to approve the same and 
shall order the same filed in the office of the City Clerk. 


CHAPTER XV. 


Pip Rak v2 
Section. Section. 
378. Library established. 381. Board may receive dona- 
379. Library Board. tions. 
380. Powers & Duties of 382. Library funds. 
Board. 383. Unlawful to injure or de- 


stroy library property. 


Ordinance No. 464. 


Section 378. LIBRARY ESTABLISHED. There’ is hereby 
created and established a free public library for the use and bene- 
fit of the inhabitants of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 3/9. LIBRARY BOARD. There is hereby created a 
library board consisting of six members to be appointed by the 
Mayor and City Council, as soon as the Council is organized after 
each general city election, who shall hold their positions during 
the pleasure of the Council and serve without pay. The chairman 
of the library board shall be a member of the City Council and the 
other five members shall be chosen from the citizens of Muskogee 
at large with reference to their fitness for such position. When- 
ever a vacancy shall occur in said board the Mayor and Council 
shall select some qualified person to fill such vacancy. 


Section 380. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. The li- 
brary board shall have the custody and care of the public library 
or libraries in the City of Muskogee, and shall manage the same, 
and shall have such other powers and duties as are prescribed in 
article two of chapter 70 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma 1910. 


Section 381. BOARD MAY RECEIVE DONATIONS. The 
said library board is authorized and empowered to accept dona- 
tions of property and money for the use and support of such pub- 
lic library in the City of Muskogee, upon such terms as shall be 
mutually agreed upon between the donors thereof and the said 
board. 


Section 382. LIBRARY FUNDS. All moneys received for 


212 LIBRARY — LICENSES AND OCCUPATION TAX 


such public library, whether through taxes or donations, shall be 
deposited in the City Treasury to the credit of the library fund, 
and shall be paid out only upon proper authenticated vouchers of 
the said library board. 


Section 383. UNLAWFUL TO INJURE OR DESTROY LI- 
BRARY PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person in- 
tentionally to damage, injure, or destroy any library property or 
book, or to fail or refuse to return any book belonging to such 
library, and any person violating this section shall be punishable 
by fine not exceeding $19.95. 


CHAPTER XVI. 


LICENSES AND OCCUPATIONS ee 


Section. Section. 

384. Unlawful to operate 395. Unlawful to operate un- 
without license. til license tax is paid. 

385. Date of expiration of li- 396. Duty of Police. 
cense. 397. Defining short time loan 

386. Classifications. business. 

387. Certain Licenses Granted 398. Shall file application for 
at Discretion of City license. 
Manager. 399. Intention to regulate and 

388. City Manager may can- control short time loan 
cel license for cause. busitiess. 

389. Driver of Cab, etc., must 400. Liceuse fee; amount. 
have special license. 401. Unlawful to operate 

390. Transient dealer defined. without license. 


402. Dogs; license required; 
amount. 

403. Dealers in coal oil, etc., 
for motor vehicles, gar- 


391. Shall render sworn state- 
ment of capital invested. 


392. License to be posted. 


O90: Validity of one section ages, -CtG., Uo procure li- 
not to be affected by an- cense. 
other. 404. Shall keep record of 

394. Circus exhibitions; li- sales. 
cense tax; amount. 405. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 910. Dogs—Imposing license tax. 

Ordinance No. 1077. Licensing sale gasoline, etc. 

Ordinance No. 1200. General License Ordinance. 

Ordinance No. 1221. Amending License Ordinance No. 
1200. 


Section 384. UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE WITHOUT LI- 
CENSE. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, associa- 


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tion or corporation within the limits-of the City of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma, to engage in, carry on, conduct or follow any of the 
trades, businesses, vocations, professions or callings hereinafter 
set out and enumerated without first having procured from the 
City License Clerk of the City of Muskogee, and having paid there- 
for, the amount of license hereinafter mentioned and provided for 
in this Ordinance for the privilege of engaging in, carrying on or 
following such trade, business, profession, vocation or calling in 
said City. 


Section 385. DATE OF EXPIRATION. All license taxes 
shall expire on the last day of April next after the same are issued 
and no license shall be issued until the amount prescribed therefor 
shall be paid to the City Treasurer at the City Office, and no license 
shall in any case be assigned or transferred excepting by consent 
of the City Manager, all licenses so issued shall be signed by the 
City License Clerk. All licenses issued hereunder shall be at an 
annual rate unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, and 
no license issued on a per annum basis or rate shall be issued for 
any period of time less than three (3) months except upon the 
payment of the amount of license tax due under this Ordinance 
for a three (3) months’ period; provided, however, that where a 
rate of tax at so much per day or per month is fixed, then a license 
may be issued for such period of time upon the payment of the tax 
required for such period. 


Section 386. CLASSIFICATIONS. The following classifica- 
tions of businesses, trades, vocations, professions and callings shall 
be and are hereby made, and the following occupation or license 
tax for the conduct of the same shall be and is hereby fixed, to- 
wit: 


Class of Business Amount of Tax 
Advertising by horse and wagon, or other vehicle, per day...$ 2.50 
Pe eeeiisn or, Ulusic Merida yan... Lola eitei apie: 5.00 
ater Cisiito epiliboards., pet. annum. 2... aii Mort elo 50.00 
Pevertisine, sion boards, per annumtt.....s! san-..elesual.ies 25.00 
Advertising, distribution of circulars, per day...................-.---. 5.00 
Burm te Da CCT OCT AL NAUN ee ipa cpap ater ge oe ae 12.00 
eS eCT Raat, NOL CANIM oactesnce onsen sc a ks nase he yagtp evened nee 25.00 
Pe cme ARO, CTs ANOUIN ee eee oo ano ene 25.00 


Amusement, carnival companies (provided such license shall 
be issued only in the discretion of the City Manager as 


to location and character of performance), per day........ 50.00 
Prici@peccor ter. Annies ee eh. 2 OU 25.00 
Paiction noeucseeproprictor, per annum 2) 20h ile een 150.00 
Baie tort Sales as tirana ste a) bet it) DAN hd Ee ln haere 10.00 

PerehwcliGdca amen A yee tert cin. dh pet! ea nin preg eel oo ee 5.00 
Baggage wagons, drays (2 horses) or automobiles used as 

bacoagesvehicleéspeach driven, perannutt.nciiae-seeiias 12.00 


Baggage wagons or drays (1 horse), per annum.................--. 9,00 


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Class of Business Amount of Tax 
Bowling, box or pin alley, for first alley, per annum................ 10.00 
For‘each additional alley, per. annus... 25 eee 5.00 
Boxing contest, per. exhibition? 2...) ee 25.00 
Billiard or poolrooms, each table, per annum........................... 15.00 
Dance. hall, proprietor of, per month 2)... 7.02 ee 5.00 
Employment agents or agencies, per year=....9.. =e 10.00 
Exhibitions, outside regularly licensed opera houses, etc., 
per day-_..2. cect pias eee eaten ee 10.00 
Fire and wreck sales of merchandise, per annum.................... 25.00 
Filling stations, in sidewalk or parking, gasoline and oil, ex- 
clusively;sperj annum s..203 Oi) AOUSee Se 25.00 
Games, knife boards, cane racks, per instrument, per day.... 2.00 
Per smonthig220 2. LA ee eee 20.00 
Hotels and rooming houses, 8 to 24 rooms, per annum............ 12.00 
Each iadditional room, per vannum +). 01. ceee 50 
Hamburger ‘stands, per jannumic i SaaS Fe 180.00 
Hawkers; périday.2ls00. 4408 Bat G ae 2 ee 2.00 
Per:smonth’:. 2. 2340..CO 2s. Soe ee ee 15.00 
Horse or mule market, or sale stable, per annum.................-.. 12.00 
Ice Cream peddler, each wagon, per month:..........-...saue 5.00 
Junk dealer; per annum. 0 9 ye eee 100.00 
Livestock dealers; transient, per’day.!20 22) faa 7. eee 10.00 
Livery, feed stables and wagon yards, where horses and 
mules are not handled for sale, per annum. see ALLARD 
Medicine shows, per) day, 222) 2 25.00 
Merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels or swings, per day................_ 2.00 
Per. month it 20.020 ee 50.00 
Moving picture theatres, vaudeville theaters, or both, per 
TINUE ne eengs ce ecececevec ce sece tesa pede ncanes leer ee Un ene 50.00 
Milk dealers, each wagon or other vehicle, per annum.......... 5.00 
Two cows or more; per annum.422) 036. fe 2.50 
Patent medicine manufacturers, per anntm_...1.-4. 2 25.00 
Pawnbroker, per annum...) 000 ee 2p 100.00 
Peddlers, jewelry, per days22 22) 22 ‘F200 
Per month:.3 Ue ee eee 20.00 


Peddlers, of fish, game, meats, oysters, butter, eggs, poultry, 
vegetables, fruits, berries or other products of farm, 
orchard, garden or vineyard, not grown or raised, pro- 
duced or slaughterted or caught by himself, not other- 
wise provided for, per wagon, per month........000 20... 5.00 


Provided, however, that the wares of every such ped- 
dler shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the 
Health Department of the City of Muskogee. 


Peddlers or other persons selling or offering for sale from 
any car or cars, or distributing from said car or cars in 
less than carload lots, any fruits, vegetables or products 
thereof and producé, percaris.. 243 ee 25.00 


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Class of Business Amount of Tax 
Peddlers, goods, wares or merchandise not otherwise pro- 
Srrcartormherein, pemdaya 2%. ty ee eg 2.00 
(gv tas 408) v1 Cem BO BES ae SOUS Wek ai DB 1) ae de ee 25.00 
Mereeorapuers, transient per day. ssa eke ace tected 2.00 
GS EO EAT TREN gOS OS eget elle ene Same lotae 0. Siren eat Oe NORE 15.00 
Rte eS tine rin eS Vere MON ts Nic Yo. told kage Be 10.00 
PC ETN AGN Ei ths 02 Mie TA a We YO tale ne le PS Dia TD 100.00 
Memem Ny UNCIA1C® SOOCS # DER Gai cc saa sce peek posh de 5.00 
ees Oa ery Tere MON tee ees Sa oh tte eR 5.00 
Slot or vending machine, not chance, each, per annum.......... 1.00 
Dee EECITIO ET ATSIC.) [Gy CAV siocek gacees fete cacnenes ob ate e aie ce vy 2.00 
pe edeities.., excitisively opetannittn 2 2g 24.00 
Street stands (pop corn), per annum.......... ie tes WES Ane Fie 60.00 
eimceu stands (Sale-oivgoods) .petidayis 3.00 


Taxi and cab drivers, each driver of a cab, taxi or service. 
car or other vehicle for the transportation of passengers 
Seiad CORIOGP MLC MPer annus lao eed 20.00 
Temporary drink stands, from or by which are sold or of- 
fered for sale lemonade, soda water or milk shake, per 


EERE Re PROS ee ee oS Dk een dare ans Sane ee 12.00 
Lite STRESS), "oa SS DAB sa eS 50.00 
“0 Sy 65 Caray oly #1 gig Ga Le he ol 9 90) ea © ROR eae eno 5.00 

GE QO ee is Ee Sere ee 25.00 
Transient dealers, excepting dealers in original paintings, 

OPIS ESTA EV ITELS Ta 2 sepia PRN ace US ae eae 25.00 
Transient merchants, ladies’ and gentlemen’s ready-to-wear, 

a I ass Eancnensnogrcctey doeezzarodeiphe cian 25.00 
Mth Va rQepPrOprierat age per. QUatEl.....2.....--cceccziccnccbenccieg encode 3.00 

VO GIR SENT me EO ean) eR 12.00 
Bees -imarcuesmearcncontest...0r0. 0.20 A). 10.00 
Multinvesr Shdwspemexmibitioniids da .sdih. J alislluacak 50.00 
Rercenmotkersy transicht wiper days 22.0 dhe lala lin 1.50 

Pee eaC CW Sie te a 2 Fe ey tgs late 5.00 


Section 387. CERTAIN LICENSES GRANTED AT DIS- 
CRETION OF CITY MANAGER. The granting of any street or 
sidewalk license, or dancing hall or dancing hall proprietor license, 
shall be in the discretion of the City Manager as to location and 
character of the applicant. 


Section 388. CITY MANAGER MAY CANCEL LICENSE 
FOR CAUSE. That the City Manager shall, after notice and 
hearing had, have the right to cancel any license granted for the 
conduct of any bowling alley, pool hall, billiard hall, or the license 
for the conduct of any other character of business or amusement 
where loafing, gambling, games of chance, or minors are permit- 
ted to frequent, or other immoral or indecent or improper prac- 
tices are allowed or permitted to be carried on in or about such 
place of business or amusement, or for the allowing or permitting 


216 LICENSES AND OCCUPATION TAX 


on or about such place of business or amusement of any acts or 
conditions which amount to a public nuisance. 


Section 389. DRIVER OF CAB, ETC., MUST HAVE SPE- 
CIAL LICENSE. That each driver of a cab, taxi, service car or 
other vehicle for the transportation of passengers, or baggage for 
hire must be issued a special permit by the City Manager; must 
not be under nineteen (19) years of age; must have had at least 
one year actual experience in the driving of motor vehicles; must 
be of good moral character; must have been a bona fide resident 
of the City of Muskogee for a period of not less than sixty (60) 
days prior to the issuance of such permit, and the correct name and 
address of the driver of said car, as well as the owner thereof, to- 
gether with the State License Tag Number, must at all times be 
furnished to and kept on file with the City Manager, and kept 
posted, together with the legal rate of taxicab fare, in a conspicu- 
ous place in the vehicle being driven. The City Manager may adopt 
such rules and regulations for securing the necessary information 
for the enforcement of this provision as in his discretion seems 
reasonable and proper; provided, that the City Manager, after 
notice and hearing had, shall have the right to cancel the permit 
of any driver for failing to comply fully with any of the provisions 
of this section, or for any conduct on the part of said driver that 
would make it unsafe and dangerous to the public peace, safety 
and welfare for such permit to be continued in force; and, pro- 
vided further, that a second conviction after this Ordinance be- 
comes effective, of any criminal offense under the laws of this 
State or of the City of Muskogee shall be conclusive evidence of 
any person’s unfitness to be issued or to hold a permit as a driver 
under this Ordinance. 


Section 390. TRANSIENT DEALER DEFINED. The word 
“Transient Dealer” for the purposes of this Ordinance shall mean 
and include such person or persons, both principal and agent, who 
stop at hotels or rent rooms at other places to display their goods or 
go from house to house and sell such goods, wares or merchandise 
by sample or otherwise and deliver their goods at the time or after- 
wards to the purchaser or purchasers. 


Sction 391. SHALL RENDER SWORN STATEMENT OF 
CAPITAL INVESTED. In all cases where the amount to be paid 
for a license depends upon the capital invested or the value of goods 
carried in stock, it shall be the duty of the person applying for such 
license to render to the City Manager a sworn statement as to such 
capital stock or the volume and value of such stock of goods, and 
such other and further proof as the City Manager may demand to 
show the actual amount of capital invested, value of goods or stock, 
and the City Clerk shall not be required to issue a receipt for any 
money until such proofs are furnished, provided that each person, 
firm or corporation having more than one place of business shall 
pay a license for each separate and distinct place of business. 


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Section 392. LICENSE TO BE POSTED. Each license shall 
be posted in a conspicuous place where such business, vocation or 
calling is carried on, and the holder of such license shall immediately 


show the same to any officer of the City upon being requested so to 
do. 


Section 393. VALIDITY OF ONE SECTION NOT TO BE 
AFFECTED BY ANOTHER. Should any section or provision of 
this Article be for any reason held void or invalid, it shall not af- 
fect the validity of any other section or provision thereof which is 
not thus void or invalid. 


ection so74, CIRCUS HW XHIBITIONS: LICENSE, -TAX, 
AMOUNT. For the purposes of regulating, supervising, controlling 
and policing circus exhibitions and parades within the corporate 
limits of the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and for the further pur- 
pose of protecting and repairing the streets used for such parades, 
the following license tax or fee is hereby levied and fixed; 


For each circus with menagerie or side-show during all months 
of the year except September and October, without parade, per day 
$100.00. 

With parade, per day $300.00. 


For each circus with menagerie or side-show during the months 
of September and October of each year, without parade, per day 
$500.00, with parade per day $1,000.00. 


For parade alone in the city when such circus as described — 
above is shown outside the city limits during all months of the 
year except September and October, for each parade $200.00. 


For parade alone in the city when such circus described above 
is shown outside the city limits during the months of September 
and October, for each parade $500.00. 


For all other circuses without parade per day $25.00, with 
parade per day $50.00. 


For all other circuses, for parade alone, per day $25.00. 


Section 395. UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE UNTIL LICENSE 
TAX IS PAID. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corpora- 
tion, or company to show or exhibit or attempt to show or exhibit 
any such circus within the corporate limits of such city, or to sell 
or offer to sell tickets to the same, or to perform or act or other- 
wise participate in any way in any performance, in such circus, or 
to use any street or streets of said city for any such parade, or to 
participate in any way in any such parade, until the license as 
hereinabove set forth has been paid. 


Section 396. DUTY OF POLICE. It shall be the duty of 
the police to stop the performance, exhibition or parade of such 
circus, until the proper license fee as herein provided has been paid, 
and to seize and hold sufficient property and paraphernalia belong- 
ing to such circus to cover all license fees, fines and penalties. 


218 LICENSES AND OCCUPATION TAX 


Section 397. DEFINING SHORT TIME LOAN BUSINESS. 
By the term “short time loan business,” as herein used, is meant 
and included every person, firm, partnership, company or corpora- 
tion maintaining an office or place of business within the corpor- 
ate limits of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, engaged regularly 
in the business of loaning money, with or without security, for a 
short period of time, and who has not complied with the banking 
laws of the State of Oklahoma, or of the United States, so as to 
receive authority to do a general banking business under such laws. 


Section 398. SHALL FILE APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. 
Every person, firm, partnership, company or corporation desiring 
to engage in the short time loan business, as herein defined, in the 
City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, shall file with the City Clerk an ap- 
plication for a license stating, (1) the name under which the busi- 
ness will be conducted, (2) the place where such business is con- 
ducted, (3) the name, age and residences of each member of the 
firm or partnership, or, if a corporation, the name, age, and resi- 
dence of each officer thereof, (4) the name, age and residence of 
the person who will be in the immediate charge of such business, 
and (5) how long the applicant has been a resident of the City of 
Muskogee. Such application shall be filed with the City Clerk and 
be presented to the City Manager for his action thereon. If such 
applicant has been a bona fide resident of the City of Muskogee 
for a period of sixty days next before making such application, 
and is a person of responsibility, integrity and good moral charac- 
ter, then the City Manager may issue or cause to be issued to such - 
applicant, within ten days from the filing of such application, a li- 
cense to engage in such business upon the payment of the fee there- 
for as herein provided. Before the issuance of such license it shall 
be the duty of the City Manager to satisfy himself as to the char- 
acter, fitness and responsibility of such applicant. 


Section 399. INTENTION TO REGULATE AND CONTROL 
SHORT TIME LOAN BUSINESSES. It is intended by this ordi- 
nance to regulate, control and supervise the short time loan busi- 
ness in the City of Muskogee. If at any time the City Manager 
shall be convinced through information received by himself, or 
upon investigation made by himself or his duly authorized repre- 
sentatives, that any person, firm, partnership, company or corpora- 
tion, licensed hereunder to engage in such business, is guilty of 
fraud, dishonesty or oppression in the conduct of such business, 
he may, after giving such person an opportunity to be heard and 
explain any charges made, if still convinced that such charges are 
true, revoke the license heretofore issued to such person, firm, 
partnership, company or corporation. 


Section 400. LICENSE FEE; AMOUNT. For the purpose 
of defraying the expense of issuing such license as herein provided 
for and the supervision and regulation of the short time loan busi- 
ness as herein provided, a license fee of $25.00 per annum shall be 


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charged and collected upon the issuance of each license thereunder. 
All licenses issued hereunder shall-expire on the last day of April, 
and shall not be issued for a less period than one year. 


ection 401. UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE WITHOUT LI- 
CENSE. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, 
company or corporation to engage in the short time loan business 
as herein defined in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, without first 
having procured a license and paid the fee therefor as herein pro- 
vided. 

Section 402. DOGS: LICENSE REQUIRED: AMOUNT. 
That it shall be the duty of every person owning or having in 
charge any dog within the corporate limits of the City of Musko- 
gee to pay to the City of Muskogee, a license tax of One Dollar 
and fifty cents ($1.50) for each male dog, and Two Dollars and 
fifty cents ($2.50) for each female dog, and to place about the 
neck of each dog a leather or metallic collar bearing a copper tag 
containing the number of the year in which issued and the word 
“Muskogee” engraved thereon, such tag to be evidence of the 
payment of the license tag required hereunder. 


Section 403. DEALERS IN COAL OIL, ETC., TO PROCURE 
LICENSE. Before any person, firm or corporation shall engage 
in the business of selling coal oil, gasoline, fuel oil or other supplies 
ordinarily used in motor vehicles, or engaged in the repair of such 
vehicles, or operate a garage in the City of Muskogee, he shall make 
application to the City License Collector for a license to operate 
such business, and shall pay to said Collector, for the benefit of the 
City, the sum of $1.00, which license shall continue for a term of 
one year, ending on the 30th day of April of each and every year. 


Section 404. SHALL KEEP RECORD OF SALES. Every 
such person, firm or corporation engaging in the business as de- 
scribed in this Section, shall keep and maintain a permanent rec- 
ord, in'a Book kept for that purpose, of the date, the purchaser’s 
name and address, and the name of his motor vehicle, the manu- 
facturer’s serial engine number, and the State license number, of 
each and every person purchasing coal oil, gasoline or fuel oil, or 
leaving cars in their garage, and no person, firm or corporation 
shall make any repair to or sell any parts of any motor vehicle 
without first having made the above permanent record, and it shall 
be the duty of every such person, firm or corporation to keep, at 
all reasonable hours, said permanent record open for public inspec- 
tion, and no record of said car shall be made except upon personal 
inspection of the one making such sale or repairs, or keeping the 
car in their garage. 

Section 405. PENALTY. Any person, firm, association or 
corporation, or agent thereof, violating any of the provisions of 
this article, shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding 
Nineteen Dollars and ninety-five cents ($19.95), and each day of 
said violation shall constitute a separate offense. 


220 MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 
CHAPTER XVII. 
MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION. 
Section. Section. 
406. Inspector. 424. Prohibition of certain 
407. Duties of Inspector. food for cows. 
408. Sanitary officers to be 425. Cows to run in open air; 
Assistant Inspectors. premises drained, etc. 
409. Application for and issu- 426. Procedure where cows 
ance of permit; amount have disease. ! 
of fee. 427. Diseased cows; killed or 
410. Procedure when cows are quarantined. 
not owned by Dairymen; 428. Diseased cows; failure to 
providing for additional kill or quarantine. 
permit. 429, Diseased cows; notice of 
411. Permit; License; Re- disposition. 
vocation. 430. Condition of wagons 
412. Penalty for sale without used; no waste hauled, 
permit. etc, 
413. Grade of milk. 431. Application for license 
414, Skimmed milk. and permit. . 
415. Grade of cream. 432. Premises and equipment 
416. Grade of butter. to be sanitary; illness of 
417. Grade of skimmed milk. family and employees. 
418. Adulteration of milk. 433. Rules and regulations. 
419, Tuberculin test. 434. Milk to be bottled. 
420. Inspector’s tight to en- 435. What constitutes a dairy 
ter and make test. or dairy depot. 

V1. Dj d 436. Fees to be paid. 
ORE aiee Abe 437. Quarterly inspections. 
422. Tagging cows inspected. 438. Tuberculin test to apply, 
423. Inspector’s power to to all cows from which 
make inspection of dair- milk is sold. 

ies. 439, Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 


Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 


1025. 


948-1025. 


1106-A. 


1194. Milk and Dairy Inspection. 
1229. Milk and Dairy Inspection. Amending 948- 


948. Milk and Dairy Inspection. 
Milk and Dairy Inspection. 
1070. Milk and Dairy Inspection. Amending 10235. 
1106-A. Milk and Dairy Inspection. 


Amending 948. 
Amending 
Amending 948. 


_ Section 406. MILK INSPECTOR. The City Chemist of the 
City of Muskogee shall be ex-officio Milk and Dairy Inspector. 


section 407. DUTIES OF INSPECTOR. 


It shall be the duty 


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of the Milk and Dairy Inspector to see that the laws relating to 
the inspection of Milk and Dairies are enforced, and he shall per- 
form all the duties required of him by the laws of the City and the 
orders of the City Health officer. He shall make monthly written 
reports of the work done in his department to the City Council and 
City Health officer. It shall be the duty of the Milk and Dairy In- 
spector to tabulate in detail the results of all inspections and milk 
tests made by him or his assistants and the same shall be published 
for the information of the Citizens of Muskogee, once a month 
during a period beginning May first and ending October thirty-first 
of each year. 


Section 408. SANITARY OFFICERS TO BE ASSISTANT 
INSPECTORS. The Sanitary officers of the City of Muskogee 
shall be the assistant milk and dairy inspectors. 


Section 409. APPLICATION FOR AND. ISSUANCE OF 
PERMIT, AMOUNT OF FEE. Each person, firm or corporation 
desiring to sell or in any manner dispose of milk from one or more 
cows within the City of Muskogee shall before engaging in such 
business make application to the office of the Milk and Dairy In- 
spector for a permit for that purpose, and shall furnish him a cer- 
tificate in writing of the number of cows used in the production 
of such milk and the location of the barns, sheds and stalls and the 
premises in which said cows are kept, fed and milked. And it shall 
be the duty thereupon of the inspector, or his assistant, to inspect 
the barns, sheds, stalls and premises so reported, and if it be ascer- 
tained by said inspector that said barns, sheds, stalls and premises 
are properly constructed and sanitary, and as hereinafter provided, 
that said cows are free from injury or disease, it shall be the duty 
of said inspector to issue a permit to the applicant to sell milk in 
the City. Said applicant shall immediately notify the inspector in 
writing, when any additional cows are added to his, her or its herd. 
The applicant shall at any time upon written notice from the City 
Health Officer furnish a statement, under oath, from a competent 
and authorized veterinarian, showing that his cows are entirely 
free from injury or disease. 


Section 410. PROCEDURE WHEN COWS ARE NOT 
OWNED BY DAIRYMEN; PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL 
PERMIT. Each person, firm or corporation who desires to sell 
or dispose of any milk in any way in the City of Muskogee, where 
said milk is not produced from cows owned by him, her or it, shall 
before engaging in such business or within sixty days from this 
date make application to the Milk and Dairy Inspector, or such 
other person who may be designated by the Council for a permit 
for that purpose and shall furnish him with a certificate in writing 
from a qualified veterinarian, sworn to and subscribed before any 
person qualified to administer oaths, showing that said cows are 
free from all injuries or disease that would affect the milk especially 
any disease that is communicable to man or which produces eleva- 


222 MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 


tion of systematic temperature, such as tuberculosis (determined 
by tuberculin test), anthrax, Texas fever, pneumonia, tarpurient, 
apoplexy (milk fever), malignant catarrh, and all such diseases; 
Provided, that when any person, firm or corporation dealing in 
milk sold or disposed of in any way to him, her or it, by any per- 
son, firm or corporation who has obtained a permit under the 
fourth section of this chapter as to such milk, a copy of such per- 
mit may be presented to the Milk and Dairy Inspector, and shall be 
by him accepted in lieu of the veterinarian’s certificate required 
above. Any person, firm or corporation obtaining 4 permit under 
this ordinance must obtain additional, new or fresh certificate or 
certificates of veterinarian at any time on demand of the Milk and 
Dairy Inspector, and, upon failure within ten days after demand in 
writing from said Inspector to furnish new or fresh certificate, the 
permit provided for in this ordinance shall be ipso facto forfeited. 


Section 411. PERMIT, LICENSE, RENOUNCEMENT BY 
COUNCIL. The issuance of the permit by the Milk and Dairy 
Inspector shall not create a vested right to do business in the city. 
The City Council hereby reserves the right to revoke the same at 
any time upon the failure or neglect of the party obtaining the 
same to comply with the terms, provisions and requirements of 
the ordinance. Regulations shall be made from time to time by 
the Inspector and Board of Health, as they may deem advisable. 


Section 412. PENALTY FOR SALE WITHOUT PERMIT. 
Any person, firm or corporation who sells or disposes of milk in 
any way in the City of Muskogee produced from cows not included 
in the permit as provided for in this chapter, or from cows, whether 
so included or not, which are not kept, fed or milked in barns, 
sheds, stalls or premises—included_ in a permit as provided for in 
this chapter shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 413. GRADE OF MILK. No person, firm or cor- 
poration shall sell, barter or offer for sale or barter within the City 
any milk which contains more than 87.5 per cent of water, or less 
than 3.2 per cent of butter fat, and the specific gravity of which at 
60 degrees F. shall be between 1.029 and 1.033; all milk of lower 
grade and quality than specified in this ordinance shall be taken 
and condemned as adulterated and impure by the Milk and Dairy 
Inspector, or his assistants, and the vendor thereof punished. 


Provided, further, no person shall dispose of or sell any milk 
from any cow, until at least ten days after the date when said cow 
shall have calved. 


Section 414. SKIMMED MILK. It shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation to sell or dispose of in any way, 
or to have in custody with the intention of selling or expose or 
offer for sale, as whole milk any milk from which the cream, or 
any part thereof, has been removed, and all such milk from which 
the cream or any part thereof has been removed shall be plainly 


MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 223 


labelled and marked “skimmed milk.” 


Section 415. GRADE OF CREAM. No person, firm or cor- 
poration shall sell, barter or offer for sale within the city any cream 
which contains less than 18 per cent of butter fat, and all cream 
of lower grade and quality than that shall be taken and condemned 
as adulterated and impure by the Dairy and Milk Inspector, or his 
assistant; and all milk and cream used in the manufacture of 
creamery butter and ice cream for commercial purposes, and all 
milk bought to be resold, must be pasteurized to a temperature of 
145 degrees F. for twenty-five minutes, or to 150 degrees F. and 
held for twenty minutes, using the holding system of pasteuriza- 
tion, or shall be heated to 170 degrees F. with the flash (continu- 
ous) system of pasteurization. 


Section 416. GRADE OF BUTTER. It shall be unlawful to 
sell or barter or offer for sale or barter, within this city any butter 
that is not made from pure milk or cream; the same shall be free 
from all chemicals and adulterations and shall comply in all respects 
with the requirements of the pure food laws of the United States 
of America. 


Section 417. SKIMMED MILK. Skimmed milk, or separat- 
ed milk, that is sold, bartered or offered for sale or barter, within 
this city shall contain not less than 9 per cent of milk solids, ex- 
clusive of butter fats, and shall be plainly labeled “skimmed milk,” 
and all butter milk shall contain not less than 8 per cent of milk 
solids, exclusive of butter fat, and all such milk of lower grade and 
- quality than specified in this section shall be taken and condemned 
as adulterated and impure by the Milk and Dairy Inspector, or his 
assistants. 


Section 418. ADULTERATION OF MILK. It shall be un- 
lawful to add to milk intended for sale or barter in this city any 
chalk, borax, salicylate of soda, or other preservative, ice, water, or 
other substance of fluid, and it shall be unlawful to sell or barter or 
offer for sale or barter, any milk which has been added to, or adul- 
terated as aforesaid, or any impure, adulterated or unwholesome 
milk, and the Milk and Dairy Inspector shall condemn and destroy 
such milk. 


Section 419. TUBERCULIN TEST. No person, firm or cor- 
poration shall sell or in any manner dispose of milk or cream in 
this city produced from cows which have not been tested by the 
Milk and Dairy Inspector or a qualified veterinarian with tuber- 
culin for tuberculosis, and certificate furnished by such aforesaid 
veterinarian, after July lst, 1914, and such test prescribed shall be 
made at least once each year before July Ist; provided, that the 
official test of the State of the United States government be recog- 
nized; that is, where the States or United Sates government has 
tested an animal such test shall be recognized in the City of Mus- 
kogee for a period of one year from the date of such testing. 


224 MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 


Section 420. INSPECTOR’S RIGHT TO ENTER’ “AND 
MAKE TEST. The Inspector, or his assistants, shall have the 
right at any time to enter, examine and inspect any dairy, the 
owner of which sells or in any manner, disposes of milk in the 
City of Muskogee, and to examine, inspect and test for disease 
any cow connected with or belonging to the owner or proprietor 
of such dairy. For any interference with or hindrance of the said 
Inspector or assistants, by the owner, proprietor or agents, the 
permit provided for by this ordinance shall be upon conviction in 
police court ipso facto forfeited; any person so hindering or pre- 
venting said Inspector or assistants from making such inspection 
shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 421. DISEASED COWS. It shall be unlawful to 
sell, barter, or offer for sale or barter, within this city milk from 
cows suffering from injury or disease which would affect the milk, 
especially diseases which are communicable to man or produce 
elevation of systematic temperature, such as tuberculosis, anthrax, 
Texas fever, pneumonia, purturient apoplexy (milk fever), malig- 
nant catarrh, and all such diseases. 


Section 422. TAGGING COWS INSPECTED. No milk shall 
be used from a dairy the owner of which sells or in any manner 
disposes of milk in this city, unless such cows have been tested by 
the Milk and Dairy Inspector, or his assistants, with tuberculin 
for tuberculosis, or by some qualified veterinarian satisfactory to 
said Inspector; provided, the Government or State test shall be 
recognized as provided for in Section 419. All cows so tested shall 
be marked in the ear with a tag bearing a serial number and the 
words “Muskogee, Okla.,”’ and such cow may be re-tested as afore- 
said as often as the inspector may deem necessary. And it shall 
be unlawful to sell or in any manner dispose of milk in this city 
from any cow which has not been so tested. 


Section 423. INSPECTOR’S POWER TO MAKE INSPEC-. 
TION OF DAIRIES. The Milk and Dairy Inspector or his as- 
sistants shall have the right to enter and examine any place within 
this city where milk is sold, bartered or offered for sale or barter 
and to inspect and examine at any time and any place any of said 
milk, and said Inspector and Inspectors are hereby given police 
power and authority. 


Section 424. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN FOOD FOR 
COWS. Dairy cows producing milk for the Muskogee market shall 
not be fed distillery waste, “swill,” or any substance in a state of 
putrefaction or rottenness, or any other substance that is unwhole- 
some, or that will in any way affect the healthfulness of their cow; 
and any person, or firm, or corporation, who sells milk in the City of 
Muskogee produced from cows fed on the above described sub- 
stance shall be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 425. COWS TO RUN IN OPEN AIR AND PREM- 


MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 229 


ISES DRAINED, ETC. Each cow used in the production of milk 
for sale or disposal under this ordinance in the City of Muskogee 
shall be allowed free movement in the open air at least six hours 
each day, and the barns, sheds, stalls or premises in which the cows 
are kept, fed and milked shall be properly drained, lighted, venti- 
lated and cleaned, as per instructions of the Inspector. 


Section 426. PROCEDURE WHERE COWS HAVE DIS- 
EASE. If upon inspection as provided for in this ordinance, it is 
ascertained that any milk cow kept, owned or used in any dairy, 
or on the premises of any dairyman who sells or otherwise disposes 
of milk in this city, has the disease of tuberculosis, it shall be the 
duty of said Inspector or assistants to notify the owner; provided, 
that the owner of any cow so found to have the disease of tuber- 
culosis shall have the right to call a competent veterinarian, who, 
together with the said Inspector, shall select a third person, and 
the three shall re-examine said cow or cows, and if a majority of 
those examining find that said cow or cows is or are so diseased, 
the same shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided. And should 
a majority not so find the then said cow or cows shall not be so 
disposed of. 


Section 427. DISEASED COWS KILLED OR QUARAN- 
TINED. It shall be the duty of the owner upon receiving notice 
from the said Inspector that any cow belonging to him or her and 
used in the dairy, or kept on his or her premises, is diseased with 
tuberculosis, to immediately stop using the milk from said cow and 
either kill or quarantine her, and keep her quarantined until said 
animal shall either be killed or found to be non-tuberculosis by the 
Inspector. 


Section 428. FAILURE TO KILL OR QUARANTINE. If 
any owner of a dairy shall fail to kill or quarantine a tuberculosis 
cow upon receipt of notice from the Milk and Dairy Inspector or 
his assistants, or if the produce of any cow kept, fed or milked in 
any barn, stable or other place with any tuberculous cow is offered 
for sale or sold in the City of Muskogee such owner or person shall 
be punished as hereinafter provided. 


Section 429. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION. Upon disposing 
of any diseased cow the owner shall at once notify the inspector 
in writing what disposition has been made of said cow. 


Section 430. CONDITIONS OF WAGONS USED.—NO 
WASTE HAULED, ETC. Each wagon used in the delivery of 
milk shall have the name of the owner or proprietor and the num- 
ber of the permit under which the business is conducted, painted 
thereon in prominent letters. All such wagons shall be provided 
with covers and shall be neat and clean, the interior of such wagon 
being scrubbed with soap and hot water at least twice per week. 
The wagons shall be kept neatly painted. No vegetable or waste 


226 MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION 


products shall at any time be hauled in any wagon used for the 
transportation of milk. 


Section 431. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. All applica- 
tions for license to establish and conduct a dairy depot shall be ap- | 
proved by the Milk and Dairy Inspector or before such license 1s 
issued. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to conduct a dairy 
depot, restaurant or other place through which milk is delivered 
and sold in this city shall apply to the City Clerk, who shall, upon 
the approval of the Milk and Dairy Inspector, issue a permit. Said 
permit to be issued on or before July lst of each year and to ex- 
pire on June 30th of the following year. | 


Section 432. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE SAN- 
ITARY, ETC.—_ILLNESS OF FAMILY OR EMPLOYEE. Any 
person, firm or corporation conducting a dairy depot, restaurant 
or other place in which milk or its products is sold or otherwise 
disposed of in this city shall at all times maintain such place in a 
strictly sanitary condition, to be open for inspection at all times 
during business hours. All ice boxes and refrigerators in which 
milk is kept shall be and remain in a sanitary condition, being 
scrubbed at least once each week, said boxes and refrigerators to 
be drained according to the direction of the inspector. There shall 
be no closets, hog pens, or quarters for animals or fowls closer 
than 100 feet from said dairy, depot or place where milk is sold. 
Provided, this shall not apply to a water closet properly connected 
with the city sewerage system and maintained in a clean, sanitary 
condition. 


Any person conducting a retail dairy route or dairy depot, or 
restaurant, shall report within twenty-four hours to the superin- 
tendent of health, any illness of any kind whatsoever occurring in 
his family or among his employees, or any person connected with 
the business in any way, giving name and address of attending 
physician. The health officer shall have the power to suspend 
temporarily the business of any such place if he deems such action 
necessary to protect the public health against the infection of such 
case of illness. 


Section 433. RULES AND REGULATIONS. In addition to 
the rules and regulations hereinbefore set out, all persons, firms or 
corporations selling or offering to sell milk in this city, shall ob-_ 
serve and comply with the following requirements: 

(1) No milk shall be bottled except at a dairy or properly 
equipped dairy depot, and all milk receptacles shall be kept when 
not in use free from dirt and flies. 

(2) No milk shall be strained in a barn or other place where 
the milk will be liable to become contaminated. 

(3) All milk offered for sale within the City of Muskogee shall 
be cooled to a temperature not greater than 70 degrees F. after 
milking. 


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(4) Dairy cattle shall be prohibited from running on pastures 
that contain streams, ponds or other water that shall be found 
contaminated with sewerage. 

(5) Every cow shall have the teats and udder well cleaned 
before each milking and all milkers shall wear at each milking 
overalls or clothes that are clean; each milker shall clean his or her 
hands thoroughly with soap or water immediately before milking. 

(6) No milk shall be sold which contains more than 400,000 


bacteria per cubic centimeter, and dairymen whose milk shall be 


found continually contaminated with pathogenic germs shall be 
suspended from selling milk in the city and not licensed to sell milk 
without the permission of the inspector. No milk shall be sold 


which has been pasteurized that contains more than 50,000 bac- 


teria per cubic centimeter, and such pasteurized milk shall not be 
re-pasteurized for the purpose of lowering the number of bacteria 
or for preserving purposes. 


(7) Every dairyman shall be required to keep his barn lot’ 


where same is located free from manure, droppings from the cows 
being gathered once daily, piled in an enclosure not closer than 100 
feet from the dairy barn, milk house or source of water supply and 
said lot and barn shall also be kept free from stagnant water and 
other objectionable material. 

(8) Each dairy shall be provided with a properly constructed 
milk house, provided with wire screens for doors and windows, and 
shall not be used for any other purpose than handling milk or milk 


products; said milk house shall be so constructed that bottles, cans,, 


and other utensils used in handling milk may be washed and drained 
and that said milk house shall be properly drained in such a manner 
that a pool of water cannot form within 100 feet of milk house, 
barn or water supply. 

(9) No milk shall be sold or offered for sale by any restau- 
rants, hotels or other public eating houses which contains less than 
3.5 per cent butter fat unless a sign is displayed reading “Skimmed 
Milk Served Here,” and sign to be displayed so as to be read from 
any part of the room in which milk is served. 


Section 434. MILK TO BE BOTTLED. It shall be unlaw- 
ful on and after the passage of this ordinance for any retail dairy- 
man or merchant to sell milk when delivering the same in wagons 
over the city, in any way whatsoever except in glass bottles, well 
and securely stoppered when it leaves the dairy and not removed 
from them until delivered, provided, that this section does not ap- 
ply to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and bakeries, so far as purchas- 
ing milk in bulk is concerned. Provided, further, this section shall 
not apply where milk is being delivered to houses where there are 
infectious diseases and all persons receiving milk on any such prem- 
ises shall furnish proper receptacles into which the milk shall be 
poured. 

Section 435. WHAT CONSTITUTES A DAIRY OR DAIRY 


DEPOT. All persons, firms or corporations owning or using milk 


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from two or more cows, who sell or barter, or offer for sale or 
barter, any milk within this city shall under the provisions of this 
ordinance be considered and be a Dairyman, Dairy, or Dealer, and 
fall within the scope and meaning of this ordinance. Merchants’ 
milk products, such as condensed milk, malted milk, and similar 
products are exempt, being a part of their merchandise. 


Section 436. FEES TO BE PAID. Every dairy, or dairyman, 
or dealer, shall register annually for period ending April 30 and 
shall be provided with a number and a copy of the Milk Ordinances. 
The registration fee for one vehicle, and the number furnished 
therefor, shall be $5.00 and there shall be an added fee of $2.50 for 
numbers furnished for each additional vehicle under one registra- 
tion used by any dealer mentioned herein for the delivery of milk. 
Provided that dealers who do not use vehicles for delivery shall be 
furnished a certificate of registration for which a registration fee 
of $2.50 shall be paid, and such registration certificates shall show 
the registration number of said dealer. If at the time of applica- 
tion for a registration fee under the provisions of this section less 
than six months of the current year shall have expired, the appli- 
cant shall be required to pay for registration fee the full annual fee 
and if at the time such application is made more than six months 
of the current year shall have elapsed, the applicant shall be re- 
quired to pay one-half of the annual registration fee; and no dairy, 
dairyman or dealer shall be permitted to register under the pro- 
visions of this ordinance for any period or part of any year for a 
less sum than one-half of the annual registration fee. 


Section 437. INSPECTION TO BE MADE QUARTERLY. 
The inspection of dairies as provided in this Chapter shall take 
place quarterly and as often as deemed necessary by the inspector. 


Section 438. TUBERCULIN TEST TO APPLY SiGe. 
COWS FROM WHICH MILK IS SOLD. Provided, however, that 
nothing in this chapter shall be intended to do away with the in- 
spection and examination for tuberculosis of any cow whose milk 
is sold or bartered or offered for sale or barter in this city and it 
shall be the duty of the Inspector to see that every cow whose milk 
is sold or bartered or offered for sale or barter in this city is given 
a test for tuberculosis, as provided in this Chapter. 


Section 439. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Every person, 
firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall 
upon conviction in police court, be fined in any sum not exceeding 
$19.95; and in addition thereto, the license of such convicted per- 
son, firm or corporation, may be revoked; Provided, that each act 
constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be 
deemed a separate offense. 


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CHAPTER XVIII. 


PORICE COUR E. 


Metical): Police Court. Article II. Penalty for violation 
of all ordinances. 


ARTICLE I. 


POLICE COURT: 


Section. Section. 

440. Creating and Establish- 447. Form of prosecutions ; 
ing; Jurisdiction. | Docket; Sworn com- 

441. Officers. plaint. City attorney to 

442. Time of sessions. prosecute cases. 

443. Presided over by Police 448. Powers of, Police Judge. 
Judge. Election; remov- 449. To assess punishment 
al. and fine. 

444. Salary. 450. May suspend sentence. 

445. Eligibility. 451. Creating position of 

446. Mayor to designate act- Clerk of Police Court. 
ing Police Judge. - Duties. Bond required. 


Ordinance 1278. 


Section 440.. CREATING AND ESTABLISHING; JURIS- 
DICTION. ‘There is hereby created and established a Police Court 
for the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Said Police Court shall have 
original, exclusive jurisdiction over all violations of the Ordinance 
of said city. 


Section 441. OFFICERS. The officers of said court shall be 
the Police Judge, the Clerk of said court, the City Attorney, the 
Chief of Police, and all other police officers of said city. 


Section 442. TIME OF SESSIONS. One session of said 
court shall be held each day, except Sunday and legal holidays, 
commencing at nine o’clock A. M. and other sessions of said court 
may be held whenever the business of said court may require. 


Pccugnetioe PRESIDED OVER BY “~POLICH” JUDGE. 
ELECTION; REMOVAL. Said Police Court shall be presided 
over by the Police Judge of said city. Immediately upon the pas- 
sage of this ordinance, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the City 
Council, in regular or special session, shall elect and appoint a 
Police Judge as prescribed by the City Charter. The votes there- 
for shall be duly recorded, and no one shall be declared to be elect- 
ed Police Judge at any time until he shall have received the votes 


230 POLICE COURT 


of a majority of the members of the Council, present. The said 
Police Judge shall hold office until his successor is duly appointed 
and qualified. He shall be subject to removal by the City Council. 
Vacancies in the office of Police Judge shall be filled by the City 
Council. 


Section 444. SALARY. The salary of the Police Judge, un- 
til otherwise provided by Ordinance or Resolution, shall be $100.00 
per month. 


Section 445. ELIGIBILITY. No person shall be eligible to 
the office of Police Judge who is not a member of the Bar, and 
who does not possess all the qualifications required by the City 
Charter for the office of Mayor. 


Section 446. MAYOR TO DESIGNATE ACTING POLICE 
JUDGE. If the Police Judge be absent from the City, sick, or dis- 
qualified from acting, the Mayor shall designate in writing a per- 
son as acting police judge having the same qualifications as herein 
prescribed for police judge, and such acting police judge shall act 
as police judge until such absence or disqualification is removed, 
and during such time shall perform all the duties of police judge. 


Section 447. FORM OF PROSECUTIONS; DOCKET ; 
SWORN COMPLAINT: CITY ATTORNEY TO PROSEGUTE 
CASES. All prosecutions for violating any City Ordinance shall 
be entitled: “The City of Muskogee vs ” (name of defendant). 
The Police Judge shall keep a docket which shall show the name 
of the defendant, the number of the case, the number of the Ordi- 
nance which defendant is accused of violating, the nature or char- 
acter of the offense, the plea, the date of trial, the final judgment, 
the date of payment of fine, the date of issuing commitment, if 
any, and every other fact necessary to show the full proceedings in 
the case. A sworn complaint shall be made before the case is tried 
but such complaint may be printed or written upon the docket and 
there signed and sworn to so that separate files need not be kept. 
Such complaint shall be prepared by the Desk Sergeant as the cases 
- arise under the general direction and supervision of the City At- 
torney, and in such form as shall be prescribed by the City Attor- 
ney. Such complaint may be amended in form or substance at any 
time either during the trial or on appeal. No amendment shall 
cause a delay of the trial, unless for good cause shown. The City 
Attorney shall appear and prosecute all cases in which the defend- 
ant appears by attorney. 


Section 448. POWERS OF POLICE JUDGE. The Police 
Judge shall have power to issue warrants of arrest upon the filing 
of written verified complaint; and shall have power to issue alias 
warrants at his discretion. He shall also have power, and it shall 
be his duty, to issue subpoenas for all persons whose testimony 
may be deemed material as witnesses upon the trial, and to enforce 
their attendance by attachment, if necessary. He shall also have 


POLICE COURT 231 


power to administer oaths, and enforce due obedience to all orders, 
rules and judgments made by him, and may fine or imprison for 
contempt offered to such Judge while holding Court, or to process 
issued by him, in the same manner and to the same extent as the 
District Judge. He shall also have power to fix and allow bail, 
and he may authorize the Chief of Police or Desk Sergeant, in the 
event of arrest at night, or at other times when it is not convenient 
for the Police Judge to allow bail, to accept cash bonds in such 
sums as may be fixed by the Police Judge by general order. 


Section 449. TO ASSESS PUNISHMENT AND FINE. 
Whenever any person shall have been arraigned before the Court 
for a violation of the City Ordinances and shall have pleaded guilty 
-to the charge, or whenever any person shall have been found guilty 
by the Court upon the trial of the case, the Police Judge shall de- 
clare and assess the punishment prescribed by ordinance and ren- 
der judgment accordingly, and shall further adjudge that said de- 
fendant be committed to the City Jail until his fine is paid, either 
in cash, or by confinement in the City Jail and receiving credit on 
his fine at the rate of $1.00 for each day of such confinement. 


Section 450. MAY SUSPEND SENTENCE. When any per- 
son shall have been tried and found guilty, or have pleaded guilty 
and a fine imposed, the Police Judge may in his discretion, sus- 
pend such sentence for such time as the person so sentenced shall 
remain absent from the City of Muskogee, or parole such prisoner 
during good behavior; provided, however, that such suspension or 
parole shall be subject to the right of said judge, to order execu- 
tion of sentence in thé event of a violation of the terms thereof. 


Section 451. CREATING POSITION OF CLERK OF PO- 
LICE COURT. DUTIES. BOND REQUIRED. The position of 
Clerk of Police Court is hereby created. Said Clerk shall be ap- 
pomted by the City Manager. It shall be the duty of said Clerk to 
receive and collect all fines assessed and all forfeitures taken by 
and in said court. He shall make daily deposits of said fines and 
forfeitures so collected, and at the end of each month shall pay 
the same to the City Treasurer, and at the same time furnish to 
the said City Treasurer a full written report stating the style and 
number of each case, amount of fine assessed, amount collected in 
cash, amount served in jail, and the amount of forfeitures collected 
in each case. A copy of said report shall be furnished to the City 
Clerk and the City Manager. The said Clerk shall be required to 
give a bond in the sum of $2,000.00 to the City of Muskogee to be 
approved by the City Council conditioned that he will faithfully ac- 
count for all moneys so received by him. 


232 POLICE COURT 


ARTICLE II. 


Section. Section. 
452. Penalty for violation. 453. Ordinances in conflict re- 
Amount. pealed. 


454. Emergency. 


Ordinance 1279. 


Published in Muskogee Daily Phoenix, April 11, 1923. 
ORDINANCE 1279 


An ordinance fixing the penalty for the violation of the ordinances 
of the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, repealing all ordinances or 
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith and declaring an emer- 


gency. 
Be it ordained by the Council of the City. of Muskogee, Okla- 
homa: 


Section 452. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. AMOUNT. 
Any person who violates any ordinances of the City of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma, or any section, part or provisions of any such ordinance, 
or who neglects, fails or refuses to comply with any provision of 
any such ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine 
in any sum not less than $1.00 and not more than $19.95. 


Section 453. ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT REPEALED. 
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, in so 
far and to the extent only as they conflict herewith, are hereby re- 
pealed. 


Section 454. EMERGENCY. For the preservation of the 
public peace, health and safety, a public emergency is hereby de- 
clared to exist by reason whereof it is necessary that this ordi- 
nance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, © 
approval and publication as required by law. 

Passed this 10th day of April, 1923. 

Approved this 10th day of April, 1923. 


GEO. H. WALKER, 
Mayor. 
AttLestcam 


W. W. GILBERT, 
City Clerk. 


OFFENSES GENERAL 


233 


CHAPTER XIX. 


OFFENSES GENERAL. 


os 


Article 


Article 


Article 
Article 


Article 


Article 


ARTICLE I. 


graph Poles. 


VIII. Soliciting, Rail- 
way Stations, For 
Retail Stores. 

IX. Fines and For- 
feitures, Impris- 
onment. 

X. Sabbath Breaking. 

XI. Prohibited Selling 
Certain Articles 
on Certain Streets. 

XII. Basement Ways, 
Etc. 

XIII. Penalty. 


PUBEIC PEACE, 


Article I. Public Peace. 

wprere ils ©. Public’ Safety: 

Article III. Public Morals. 

Article IV. Vagrancy and 
Loafing. 

Article V. Unlawful Conver- 
sion of Electric 
Current or Gas. 

Article VI. Oijil or Gas Wells 
Within City Lim- 
its. 

Article VII. Posting Advertis- 
ing Matter on 
Telephone or Tele- 

Section. 

455. Disturbance of Peace. 


456. 


457. 
458. 
459. 
460. 


461. 
462. 
463. 


Ordinance 
Ordinance 
Ordinance 
Ordinance 
Ordinance 
Ordinance 
Ordinance 


Obscenity ; profanity ; 
blasphemy ; unusual 
noises. 7 
Concealed weapons. 
Intoxication. 

Public masked ball. 
Wearing hats or other 
similar headgear at 
theatres, moving picture 
shows or other public 
places of amuseinent. 
False alarm of fire. 
Discharge of fireworks. 
Sale of Fireworks. 


No. 
No. 


108. 
634. 
No. 866. 
No. 978. 
No. 1067. 
NOsul227; 
No. 1287. 


Section. 


464. 
465. 
466. 


467. 


468. 
469. 
470. 
471. 


— 


Resisting officers. 
Prisoners breaking jail. 
Drivers of vehicles car- 
rying boisterous or dis- 
orderly persons. 
Loitering or sleeping in 
the street or other public 
places. 

Crowds obstructing 
streets and sidewalks. 
Auctioneers, prohibiting 
ONTSUreers: , 
Removal of grade stakes, 
cic. 

Curfew—Penalty. 


Auctioneers—Prohibiting on Streets. 
Monuments—Providing for Protection. 
Curfew Law. 
Public Peace. 
Amending No. 978. 

Amending No. 978. 

Amending No. 978. Fireworks. 


Section 455. DISTURBANCE OF PEACE. It shall be un- 


234 OFFENSES GENERAL 


lawful for any person within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, to assault another, or assault and beat another, or 
wrangle, quarrel or fight, or use any obscene or indecent language, 
menaces or threats of violence, or insulting language, or language 
likely to provoke another person to anger, or to be guilty of tur- 
bulent, violent or tumultuous conduct, or make any loud, offen- 
sive or unusual noises, such as to disturb the peace or quietude of 
any other person, or persons, or any neighborhood or community 
in said City. 


Section 456. OBSCENITY: PROFANITY: BLASPHEMY: 
UNUSUAL NOISES. It shall be unlawful for any person, within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to use any boister- 
ous, obscene, profane, indecent or blasphemous language, in or up- 
on any public street, alley, avenue or other public place, or in any 
hotel, rooming house or boarding house within said City, or to 
make or permit, or to assist in making or permitting any objection- 
able, or offensive, or unusual noises, or disturbances, in or about 
the premises in or under his control, sufficient to harass or disturb 
the peace of any other person, or persons, or any neighborhood 
or community in said City.. 


Section 457. CONCEALED WEAPONS. It shall be unlawful 
for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of Musko- 
gee, to carry concealed on or about his person, or in an automobile 
or other conveyance in which he is riding, any pistol, revolver, 
bowie knife, sling shot, brass knucks, dirk, cane containing sword 
or spear, razor, sand bag or knife with a blade over three inches 
in length having a spring handle, or other dangerous or deadly 
weapons; provided, however, that the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to United States marshals, sheriffs, constables or 
members: of the police department, all of which said officers are 
hereby empowered and authorized to carry such weapons while 
acting in the discharge of their duties, but not otherwise. 


Section 458. INTOXICATION. It shall be unlawful for any 
person, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to be 
drunk or intoxicated in or upon any street, avenue, alley or other 
public place, or upon any property not owned by him and not law- 
fully under his control. | 


Section 459. PUBLIC MASKED BALL. It shall be unlawful 
for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee, to give, conduct, superintend, manage or to participate 
therein, any public masked ball without permission in writing of 
the City Manager first had and obtained for the giving of such 
ball; and by the term “masked ball” as used in this section, is meant 
a ball at which participants therein wear masks such as to conceal 
their identity and which is had and conducted in any place other 
than a private residence in said City. 


OFFENSES GENERAL 235 


Section 460. WEARING HATS OR OTHER SIMILAR 
HEADWEAR AT THEATRES, MOVING PICTURE SHOWS OR 
OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person to wear any hat, cap, bonnet, or other head- 
wear or headgear at any theater, moving picture show, or other 
public place of amusement within the corporate limits of the City 
of Muskogee, during the performance of any play, theatrical ex- 
hibition, or any display of moving pictures, or other public amuse- 
ment; and it shall further be unlawful for the owner or proprietor, 
or manager, or usher, or other person or persons in charge of such 
theater, moving picture show, or any play, theatrical performance 
display of moving pictures, or other public amusement, to permit 
any person composing the audience or in attendance thereon, to 
wear therein during such time any hat, cap, bonnet or other head- 
wear or headgear. 


Section 461. FALSE ALARM OF FIRE. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee, wilfully to give or make any false alarm of fire or false not- 
ice, warning or information of fire, by means of any communica- 
tion whatsoever to the fire department of said city whereby and 
by reason whereof said fire department shall be called out to ex- 
tinguish a fire which does not in fact exist. 


Section 462. DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS. It shall be 
unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee to discharge any firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes, Ro- 
man candles, or other fireworks or substances designed and intend- 
ed for pyrotechnic display, or to discharge any pistols, canes, can- 
nons, or other appliances used for such purpose, blank cartridges 
or caps excepting those of a harmless character known as sparklers, 
small torpedoes, colored dipped sticks and torches and firecrackers 
not over two inches in length and containing only black powder and 
clay, provided, however, that the Mayor of said city may authorize 
a public display of fireworks to be managed and conducted by 
properly qualified persons, and under the direct supervision of ex- 
perts in the handling of fireworks, such permission to be given by 
the Mayor in writing, and provided further, that such display of 
fireworks shall be of such character and so located, discharged or 
fired, as, in the opinion of the Chief of the fire department, shall 
not be hazardous to surrounding property or endanger the lives or 
homes of any person or persons, which said opinion shall be given 
to the Mayor by the Chief of the fire department, before the Mayor 
shall be authorized to issue the permit herein provided. 


Section 463. SALE OF FIREWORKS PROHIBITED. It 
shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of 
the City of Muskogee to sell or offer for sale at retail, any fire- 
works of any kind or description whatsoever excepting those of a 
harmless character known as sparklers, small torpedoes, colored 


236 OFFENSES GENERAL 


dipped sticks and torches and firecrackers not over two inches in 
length and containing only black powder and clay. 


Section 464. RESISTING OFFICERS. It shall be unlawful 
for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of Musko- 
gee to resist any member of the police department or other of- 
ficer or person authorized by law to make an arrest, in the dis- 
charge of his duty as such member of said department, or pursu- 
ant to law so authorizing him to make such arrest, or to assist or 
to attempt to assist in any manner the escape or rescue of any 
person in custody of any officer of said police department or of any 
officer of law, or of any person authorized to make such arrest. 


Section 465. PRISONERS: BREAKING JAIL: PASSING 
INSTRUMENTS INTO JAIL. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, by force 
or otherwise in any manner to set at liberty or rescue, from the 
custody or charge of any officer, any prisoner, either before or 
after conviction; or for any prisoner after being placed under ar- 
rest, and before being formally discharged by proper authority, to 
break or attempt to break from the jail, vehicle, building, or en- 
closure in which he is being detained; or for any person to loiter 
around any such jail or enclosure and attempt, without permission 
of the proper officers, to communicate with or pass any article to 
any prisoner confined therein; or for any person to convey into 
the city jail any disguised or concealed instruments or other article 
useful in facilitating the escape of a prisoner, whether such instru- 
ment or article be delivered or an escape effected or not. 


Section 466. DRIVERS OF VEHICLES CARRYING BOIS- 
TEROUS OR DISORDERLY PERSONS. It shall be unlawful 
for a driver of any vehicle to transport therein, over, through or 
along any public street, alley or thoroughfare within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee any one or more persons who are 
making loud, boisterous, or unusual noises, or who are using vul- 
gar, profane or indecent language, or who are otherwise disturb- 
ing the public peace; and it shall be unlawful for any driver trans- 
porting such persons in such vehicle while such persons are so 
engaged in the use of such language and in disturbance of 
the peace, to refuse to stop such vehicle when so ordered by any 
member of the police department of said City, and keep the same 
standing a length of time sufficient to enable such officer to exam- 
ine the vehicle and arrest any of its occupants engaged in violation 
of any of the ordinances of said City. It shall be unlawful for the 
driver of any such’ vehicle, when called so to do to refuse to give 
the name or names of the person or persons, who may be, or who 
may have been guilty of the violation of the provision of this sec- 
tion, provided such name is known to such driver. 


Section 467. LOITERING OR SLEEPING IN THE STREET 
OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACE. It shall be unlawful, between the 


OFFENSES GENERAL 237 


hours of twelve o’clock, midnight, and the hour of daylight there- 
after, for any person to loiter, or wander aimlessly, upon or about 
the streets, alleys or other public highways, or parks, within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, or upon any private lot 
or around vacant or unoccupied buildings, or railway property, 
or railroad yards, within said City, who has not a lawful reason 
for being at such place. 


Section 468. CROWDS OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND 
SIDEWALKS. It shall be unlawful for any crowd or collection of 
persons, to stand upon any sidewalk, street, or street crossing with- 
in the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, so as to prevent, 
interrupt or obstruct the travel or free passage over the same 
by the public, or to stand or loiter on the sidewalk, in front of or at 
the side of any business house in said City, to the detriment or an- 
noyance of the occupants of said building, or to the detriment or 
annoyance of the general public, or for any person or persons con- 
stituting such crowd or collection, to fail, refuse, or neglect to dis- 
perse or move on when directed so to do by any member of the 
City police department. And it shall further be unlawful for any 
person, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to 
stand on any sidewalk, street, avenue or park, while so standing, 
to make any public speech, or to employ any device, noise, or per- 
formance tending to the collection of persons on such streets, 
avenues, alleys or in such parks to the obstruction of the same, or 
to engage in any trick or legerdemain or other devices of like kind, 
or to perform with bells, organ, or other instrument upon any such 
street, alley, avenue or park; provided, that this section shall not 
affect any exhibition, or performance intended for the purpose of 
calling attention to the sale of any article or articles authorized on 
the public streets, avenues and alleys of the City by any ordinances 
of the City granting license and permission therefor; and provided 
further, that the person or persons giving such exhibitions and 
performances, shall first have obtained such license and paid into 
the City Treasury the sum required by ordinance therefor. 


Section. 469.. AUCTIONEERS, PROHIBITING ON 
STREETS. No person shall exercise the business or calling of 
auctioneer or vend at public auction or outcry any. goods, wares 
or merchandise upon the streets of Muskogee; Provided, however, 
that this section shall not apply to public officers in the discharge 
of an official duty. Any person violating the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 


Section 470. REMOVAL OF GRADE STAKES, ETC. Any 
person who shall remove, destroy, disturb or in any manner injure 
any grade stake, stone or other mark or monument set by or under 
the authority of the City Engineer or any of his assistants, to 
designate or mark grades, lines, corners or bench marks on any 
public work in the City prior to the completion and acceptance of 
the contract for which such stakes or monuments are set, shall be 


238 OFFENSES GENERAL—PUBLIC SAFETY 


deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be 
fined as in this chapter provided. : 

Section 471. CURFEW—PENALTY. It shall be unlawful for 
any minor under the age of fourteen years to loiter, loaf or linger 
idly about the streets, alleys, parks or other public places of the 
City of Muskogee, after the hour of nine o’clock at night. That 
any minor under the age of fourteen years found guilty of violat- 
ing the provisions of above section, shall, upon conviction, be fined 
in a sum not exceeding Five ($5.00) Dollars. 


ARTICLE II. 
PUBLIC SAFET X, 


Section. Section. 
472. Obstructing streets and | medicines. 
alleys by depositing 494. Molesting property of 
therein boxes and barrels. public utilities. 
473. Animals running at large. . 495. Trains or engines, ob- 
474. Leaving teams unhitched. structing crossings. 
475. Placing lights at cuts or 496. Trespass on private prop- 
excavations in streets. | erty and appropriation of° 
476. Hitching horses in alleys. personal property with- 
477. Obstructing sidewalks, out consent of owner. 
streets and alleys. 497. Regulating air-craft; de- 
478. Leaving open trap doors, fining. 
ditch, pit or vault. 498. Trick flying prohibited. 
479. Riding or driving on 499. Shall not fly lower than 
sidewalks. 1000 ft. .s 
480. Obstructing street cross- 500. Unlawful to drop ballast, 
ings. etc. 
481. Careless riding or driving. 501. To pass other craft at 
482. Dangerous animals. right. 
483. Prowling about private 502. Lighter than air craft to 
property. have right-of-way. 
484. Trespassing. 503. Obstructing or damaging 
485. Disturbing lawful meet- railroads. 
ing or assembly. 504. Fences and buildings pro- 
486. Ball playing in streets. hibited in streets. 
487. Entrance to buildings ; 505. Flowers and shrubs, un- 
obstructing. lawful to injure. 
488. Fire apparatus, hose, 506. Smoking in street cars 
etc., injury to. prohibited. 
489. Glass; tacks; nails; in 507. Spitting on sidewalks 
street. and in public buildings 
490. Injury to public parks, prohibited. 
flowers, shrubs, trees 508. Burial of dead within 
therein. city limits. 
491. Jumping on and off cars. 509. Vehicles left in streets 
492. Petit Larceny. prohibited. 


493. Distributing samples of 510. Fraudulent advertising. 


OFFENSES GENERAL 239 


Ordinance No. 23. Dead—Prohibiting Burial within City Limits. 

Ordinance No. 132. Nitro-glycerine—Transporting through city 
—Prohibited. 

Ordinance No. 198. Electric Railway—To Prevent Obstruction 
of. 

Ordinance No. 569. Prohibiting obstruction of streets. 

Ordinance No. 827. Unlawful to Spit on Sidewalks, Etc. 

Ordinance No. 889. Smoking on Street Cars Prohibited. 

Ordinance No. 903. ‘Trees—Providing Against Mischief to. 

Ordinance No. 977. Obstructing Streets, Etc. 

Ordinance INo. 982. Amending No. 977. 

Ordinance No. 1208. Fraudulent Advertising. 

Ordinance No. 1217. Regulating Air Craft. 


ARTICLE II. 


PUBLIC, SAFETY. 


Section 472. OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND ALLEYS BY 
DEPOSITING THEREIN BOXES AND BARRELS. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to obstruct, or cause to be obstructed, 
sidewalk, street, alley or avenue, within the corporate limits of the 
City of Muskogee by depositing therein or thereon, or by causing 
to be deposited therein or thereon, any boxes, barrels, or other re- 
ceptacles containing goods, wares or merchandise, provided that 
any such boxes, barrels, or receptacles may be deposited on any 
such sidewalk or alley for the purpose of receiving or moving the 
same, from one point to another within the corporate limits of the 
City of Muskogee, or to any point outside thereof; and provided 
further that such boxes, barrels or other receptacles may be per- 
mitted to remain on such sidewalk or alley for such length of time 
only as may be reasonably necessary for their removal. 


Section 473. ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any horse, mule, sheep, 
goat, swine, cow, steer, bull, calf or chicken to run at large within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 474. LEAVING TEAMS UNHITCHED. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to leave any horse, horses, mules or other 
animals attached to any carriage, wagon, cart or other vehicle in 
any street, alley, avenue or other public place within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee without first securely fastening or 
hitching such horse, horses, mules, or such other animals, or leave 
some competent person in charge thereof. 


Section 475. PLACING LIGHTS AT CUTS OR EXCAVA- 
TIONS IN STREETS. It shall be unlawful for any person, within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to make any cut or 


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excavation in any sidewalk, street, alley or avenue thereof, with- 
out placing and maintaining thereon, therein or thereabout, red 
lights between the hours of sunset and sunrise of each day, so long 
as such cuts or excavations remain open, sufficient to warn persons 
approaching the same of the presence thereof, in such sidewalks, 
streets, alleys or avenues. 


Section 476. HITCHING HORSES AND TEAMS IN AL- 
LEYS: It shall be unlawful for any person to hitch any horse or 
horses, with or without a wagon or other vehicle attached, in any 
alley within the fire limits of the City of Muskogee, as fixed by the 
ordinance of said City, or to permit the same to be or remain in 
such alley longer than reasonably necessary for loading or unload- 
ing same. 


Section 477. OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS: STREETS 
AND ALLEYS BY THROWING OR LEAVING THEREON 
EMPTY BOXES, BARRELS, CANS AND OTHER RECEP- 
TACLES. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corpor- 
ate limits of the City of Muskogee to obstruct any sidewalk, street 
or alley thereof by placing or depositing therein or thereon any 
empty boxes, barrels cans or other receptacles of like kind, which 
shall obstruct the full and free passage along such sidewalk, street, 
or alley, by the general public, or by the fire department of said 
City, or which may be of such inflammable kind as to ignite easily 
and when so ignited, communicate fire to one of the adjoining 
premises. 


Section 478. LEAVING OPEN ANY TRAP DOOR, DITCH, 
PIT, OR VAULT. It shall be unlawful for any person to open 
and leave open any trap door, ditch, pit, or vault in any sidewalk, 
street, alley or avenue, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee or to suffer the same to be kept or left open, such as to 
endanger the life or limb of persons passing along such sidewalk, 
street, alley, or avenue. 


Section 479. RIDING OR DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS... It 
shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any horse, or 
horses with vehicle attached, or any automobile, motorcycle or 
bicycle on any sidewalk within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee. 


Section 480. OBSTRUCTING STREET CROSSINGSHis 
shall be unlawful for any person to stop any vehicle or animal on 
any street crossing, or to leave the same standing on any street 
crossing, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 481. CARELESS RIDING OR DRIVING. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any horse, horse or 
horses with vehicle attached, automobile, motorcycle or bicycle 
through, upon or along any of the streets, alleys or avenues, within. 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, in such careless man- 


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ner, or at such great rate of speed, as to endanger the life, limb or 
property of other persons. 


Section 482. DANGEROUS ANIMALS. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee to permit any wild beast, dangerous or mischievous animal 
or dog, owned by him or under his control, to run at large within 
said City. 

Section 483. PROWLING ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of 


the City of Muskogee to prowl about private premises without 
lawful purpose. 


Section 484. TRESPASSING. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to enter the house, barn, or garage or place of business, or 
upon the premises of another for an unlawful purpose, within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 485. DISTURBING LAWFUL MEETING OR AS- 
SEMBLY. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the cor- 
porate limits of the City of Muskogee, to disturb any congregation 
or assembly or meeting for religious purposes, by making loud or 
unusual noises, or indulging in rude or indecent behavior, or by 
using profane or indecent language in or about such congregation 
or assembly as to disturb the order or solemnity thereof. | | 


Sechelt e PLAYING IN STREETS. Tt shall be 
unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, to play at any game of ball or to throw or bat any ball 
in, upon or across any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley of said 


City. 


Section 487. ENTRANCE TO BUILDINGS: OBSTRUCT- 
ING. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee, to obstruct, loaf or loiter in or 
about or in front of any entrance to, or any stairway, corridor or 
hall leading to or in any public building, or any place of business, 
or any office building in said City. 


Section 488. FIRE APPARATUS: INJURY. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, to lead, ride or drive any horse or other animal over 
or upon, or haul, or drive or propel any carriage, wagon, automo- 
bile, or other vehicle, street car, or other car, over or upon any fire 
hose or in any manner to disturb or injure such hose, or any en- 
gine, appliance or other apparatus belonging to or used by the 
fire department of said city, either while in use for extinguishing 
fires or flushing streets and sewers, or while located in fire sta- 
tions. 


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‘Section 489. -GLASS: TACKS: NAILS IN STREE Rae 
ALLEYS. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the cor- 
porate limits of the City of Muskogee, to place or throw, or cause 
to be placed or thrown upon any public street, alley or avenue of 
said City, any broken glass, tacks, nails, pieces of iron, bottles, or 
other like substances or things that might cut or puncture any 
pneumatic tire when passing over the same or might cause injury 
to persons or animals. 


Section 490. INJURY TO PUBLIC PARKS: FLOWERS: 
SHRUBS: TREES THEREIN. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, wilfully 
and without authority to cut, pull, pluck or otherwise injure any 
flowers, flowering plants, shrubs or trees growing in or around 
any private or public park, or parking, or any private or public 
grounds within said city, or to climb up in such trees; or wilfully 
and without authority to tear down, remove, cut or otherwise in- 
jure or destroy any gate or fence enclosing any such park or 
grounds or wilfully injure or destroy any stand, bench, seat or 
other property situated upon such park or grounds. 


Section 491. JUMPING ON AND OFF CARS. It shail be 
unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the City 
of Muskogee, to jump on or off, cling to, or hang on, the outside 
of any railway engine, car, or street car, while the same is in mo- 
tion, unless such person be at the time in the service or employ of 
the railway or street car company to which such engine, car or 
street car belongs. 


Section 492. PETIT LARCENY. It shall be unlawful for 
any person within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, to 
take, steal, or carry away, by fraud or stealth, any money, per- 
sonal property, goods or effects of value, not exceeding Twenty 
($20.00) Dollars, with intent to deprive another thereof. 


Section 493. DISTRIBUTING SAMPLES OF MEDICINE. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate limits of 
the City of Muskogee, to distribute, or throw upon private prem- 
ises, Or upon vacant lots, sidewalks, streets or alleys or upon 
porches or in or about the houses or residences of said city, any 
patent medicine or any samples of medicine of any kind whatso- 
ever. . 


Section 494. MOLESTING PROPERTY OF PUBLIC UTIL- 
ITIES. It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corpor- 
ate limits of the City of Muskogee, to alter, remove or molest or 
tamper with any wire, fixture, pipe, conduit, meter, or other ap- 
pliances of any waterworks plant, gas or electrical, or telephone 
or telegraph, or other company, association or person, operating 
a similar business or calling, or to tap any such supply wires or 
pipes, or to fraudulently or secretly extract or use, any water, 
electricity or gas of such plant or company or to uncover or open 


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up any manhole or other opening to any sewer, unless the person 
so doing be an employee of the company, or city, or under author- 
ity and direction so to do. And it shall further be unlawful for any 
person in said city, to leave any manhole or other opening, so 
opened, without replacing the fixtures and appliances thereto in 
their proper place and position. 


Section 495. TRAINS OR ENGINES OBSTRUCTING 
CROSSINGS. It shall be unlawful for any person within the cor- 
porate limits of the City of Muskogee, to obstruct any of the 
streets or crossings of said city by stopping or standing therein or 
thereon, any car or train of cars of any kind, or any locomotive 
engine, so as to prevent the free passage of automobiles, teams or 
foot passengers, for more than five minutes at any one time, and 
any yard-master, conductor, engineer, fireman, or other person who 
shall be operating or assisting to operate any car, engine or train 
which shall obstruct any city street crossing for a greater length 
of time than as aforesaid, or who orders or directs such obstruc- 
tion, shall be held and deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions 
of this section. 


section 496. TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. It 
shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the 
City of Muskogee, to use, take or appropriate any merchandise, 
vehicle, tools, apparatus, or other personal property of another to 
his use, without the knowledge and consent of the owner, or to 
enter upon the premises of another or use the same without the 
owner’s consent. 


(Ordinance 977-1067-1106) 
Section 497. REGULATING AIR-CRAFT; DEFINING. 


For the purpose of this Ordinance the term “air craft” shall mean 
any airplane, dirigible, balloon or other apparatus carrying one or 
more persons into or through the air, propelled by currents or by 
power or motors contained in said apparatus. The term “pilot” 
shall include every person who, being in or upon any aircraft, un- 
dertakes to direct its ascent, flight or descent in the air. The word 
“flight” shall include every kind of locomotion by aircraft. 


498. TRICK FLYING PROHIBITED. No aircraft in the air 
over any territory within the limits of the City of Muskogee shall 
be guided or controlled by the pilot or any other person in a man- 
ner designed to give any demonstration of trick flying or aerial 
acrobatics, or be given any manipulation of the controls which may 
tend to divert the aircraft from a normal flight with every con- 
sideration for stability and safety. 


Section 499. SHALL NOT FLY LOWER THAN 1000 FEET. 
No aircraft shall fly over any part or section within the limits of 
the City of Muskogee at a height lower than that enabling such 
aircraft to glide in any emergency and at all times to a known, 
established or recognized open or unobstructed place on land, nor 


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shall aircraft under any circumstances, special or otherwise, fly at 
a height lower than 1,000 feet over any part or section of said City. 


Section 500. UNLAWFUL TO DROP BALLAST, ETC, No 
person in aircraft shall cause or permit to be thrown out, dis- 
charged or dropped any ballast, instruments, tools, containers, 
handbill, circular, card or other matter whatsoever, unless it be 
directly over a place established for that purpose, and all equip- 
ment carried in aircraft shall be securely fastened in place before 
leaving the ground. 


Section 501. TO PASS OTHER CRAFT AT RIGHT 
craft approaching each other head on from opposite or different 
directions shall alter its course to the right in passing. 


Section 502. LIGHTER THAN AIR CRAFTS (Oia 
RIGHT-OF-WAY. Lighter than air craft shall at all times have 
the right-of-way over heavier than air craft. 


Section 503. OBSTRUCTING OR DAMAGING RAIL- 
ROADS. That every person who shall in the City of Muskogee 
wilfully and maliciously place any obstruction, by stones, logs or 
any other thing, on the track of any railroad within the limits of 
said City, whether operated by electricity or steam, or who shall 
tear up or remove, burn or destroy any part of such railroad, or the 
works thereof, with intent to obstruct the passage of any engine, 
car, or cars thereon, or to throw them off the track, shall be deemed 
guilty of malicious mischief. 


(Ordinance 198) 


Section 504. FENCES AND BUILDINGS PROHIBITED IN 
STREETS. That it shall be unlawful, within the corporate limits 
of the city of Muskogee, for any person to obstruct any street, side- 
walk, alley, avenue, park, parkings, or other public place by erect- 
ing or locating thereon, or therein, any permanent building or ob- 
struction of any kind whatsoever, or to set therein or thereon any 
post or fence, whether constructed of plank, wire or other material. 


Section 505. UNLAWFUL TO INJURE FIO Wie 
SHRUBS, ETC. It shall be unlawful for any person maliciously 
or mischievously to enter upon the premises of another, within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, and bruise, break, pull 
up, cut down, carry away, destroy or otherwise injure any trees, 
flowers, shrubs, bushes or vines growing or standing on such prem- 
ises. ; 

Section 506. SMOKING IN STREET CARS PROHIBITED. 
That the smoking of tobacco, in any form, in any closed street car 
engaged in public service within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee be, and the same is hereby prohibited and declared un- 
lawful. 

Section 507, SPITTING ON SIDEWALKS AND PUBEIS 
BUILDINGS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to spit on any sidewalk, or on the floor of any street car or other 


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public conveyance, or in any public building, or hall, or on the floor 
of any theatre or moving picture show, within the corporate limits 
of the City of Muskogee, except in cuspidors or other receptacles 
especially provided therein for that purpose. 


Section 508. BURIAL OF DEAD WITHIN CORPORATE 
LIMITS PROHIBITED. That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to bury or assist in the burial of the remains of any 
human being within the corporate limits of Muskogee. 


pectiai ou) 8 V BHELICL ES. DETACHED IN STREETS*PRO- 
HIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons or cor- 
poration to obstruct in any manner any street, alley, avenue, lane, 
or public place in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, by leaving or 
permitting to remain in any such street, alley, avenue, lane or pub- 
lic place, any wagon, buggy, vehicle or other thing of any nature or 
kind whatsoever. Any person, persons or corporation violating 
any of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the punish- 
ment provided for violations of this chapter, and each and every 
day that any person, persons or corporation shall permit any ob- 
struction to remain in any street, alley, avenue, lane or public place 
shall be deemed a separate offense. 


Section 510. FRAUDULENT ADVERTISING. That it shall 
be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association who, 
with intent to sell or in any wise dispose of merchandise, securities, 
service or anything whatever offered by such person, firm, corpora- 
tion or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or 
distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption thereof, 
or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation 
relating thereto, or to acquire title thereto, or an interest therein, 
makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates or places before the pub- 
lic, or causes directly or indirectly to be made, published, dissem- 
inated, circulated or placed before the public within the corporate 
limits of Muskogee, Oklahoma, in a newspaper or other publication 
or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, 
pamphlet or letter, or in any other way, an advertisement of any 
sort regarding merchandise, securities, service or anything so of- 
fered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, 
representation or statement of fact which is untrue, known by him 
to be deceptive or misleading. 


Section 511. UNLAWFUL TO SELL INFERIOR QUALITY 
OR GRADE OF GOODS THAN ADVERTISED. That it shall be 
unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to sell or 
offer for sale in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, any merchan- 
dise, securities, service or anything whatever kept and offered by 
such person for sale in his business, which is not of the same qual- 
ity, standard of grade which he, either orally or by writing, repre- 
sents, states or advertises it to be. 


Section 512, PENALTY. That any person, firm, corpora- 
tion, or association who violates any of the provisions of Sections 


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510 and 511, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $19.95. 


ARTICLE III. 


PUBLIC MORALS. 


Section. Section. 

513. Disorderly House; opium 519. Prostitutes living alone. 
den. 520. Indecent exposure. 

514. Visiting disorderly house; 521. Immoral shows. 
inmates. 522. Opium Dens. 

515. Procurer, White Slave 523. Lewd Books and Pic- 
Traffic. tures. 

516. Street Walking; solicit- 524. Dance halls, Defined.. 
ing. 525. Unlawful conduct. 

517. Male persons, walking or 526. Dance hall, location of 
riding with prostitute. subject to permission of 

518. Prostitutes on streets. City Manager. 


527. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 1204. Public Morals. - 
Ordinance No. 1284. Amending—Dance Halls. 


ARTICLE III. 


PUBLIC MORALS. 


Section 513. DISORDERLY HOUSE; OPIUM DEN. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to keep, or maintain, or aid, or as- 
sist in keeping and maintaining any disorderly house within the > 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee. By the term disorderly 
house, as herein used, is meant any brothel, bawdy house, house 
of ill-fame, gambling house, house of assignation, or house or room 
where persons congregate or engage in drinking intoxicating 
liquors or smoking opium, or taking or using other narcotic drugs, 
or house where intoxicating liquors are manufactured, sold or 
kept unlawfully, or house where persons are permitted to engage 
in disorderly or indecent conduct, and it shall be unlawful for any 
person to lease or let, either by himself or through an agent, any 
house or building owned by him within the corporate limits of the. 
City of Muskogee for the purpose of keeping therein a brothel, 
bawdy house, house of ill-fame, or house of assignation, or house 
or room where persons congregate or engage in drinking intoxi- 
cating liquors, or smoking opium, or taking or using other nar- 
cotic drugs, or who, knowing or ascertaining that such house is 
so occupied and used, shall fail or neglect immediately to oust the 
occupants thereof. 


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Section 514. VISITING DISORDERLY HOUSE; INMATES 
THEREOF. It shall be unlawful for any person, whether male or 
female, to be an inmate of, or resident of, any disorderly house, 
brothel, bawdy house, house of ill-fame or house of assignation, 
or to be found in or visiting such house, but this section shall not 
apply to physicians or officers visiting such house in discharge of 
their professional or official duties. 


Section 515. PROCURER; WHITE SLAVE, TRAFFIC. It 
shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the 
‘City of Muskogee to act as procurer, or solicitor for any brothel, 
bawdy house, house of ill-fame, or house of assignation, or to solicit 
business for any lewd or immoral woman, or to assist or persuade 
any female to visit or become an inmate of any brothel, bawdy 
house, house of ill-fame, or assignation, or to aid or assist any 
female to visit any hotel, rooming house or other place in the City 
of Muskogee for immoral purposes. 


Section 516. STREET WALKING; SOLICITING. It shall 
be unlawful for any woman to solicit any business or patronage for 
immoral purposes in, upon, or about any of the streets, thorough- 
fares, parks, hotels, rooming houses, or other public places within 
the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, or to go into, or fre- 
quent any residence, place of business, hotel, rooming house, or 
other place, within said City for such purpose. 


Section 517. MALE PERSONS WALKING OR RIDING 
WITH ANY PROSTITUTE IN STREET OR PUBLIC PLACES. 
It shall be unlawful for any male person over the age of 14 years 
to ride or walk within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, 
in or upon any of the thoroughfares, streets, alleys, parks, or other 
- public places of said City with any woman known, or generally 
reputed to be a prostitute or lewd woman, or to be in company 
with such a woman at any hotel, rooming house, or other place 
in the City of Muskogee. 3 


Section 518. PROSTITUTES WALKING STREETS AFTER 
9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. It shall be unlawful for any prostitute 
to walk the streets, thoroughfares, alleys, parks or other public 
places within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee at any 
time between the hours of 9 o'clock p. m. and 8 o’clock a. m. 


Section 519. PROSTITUTES LIVING ALONE. It shall be 
unlawful for any prostitute or lewd woman to live in any house or 
occupy a room alone, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, and while so living therein to engage in prostitution, 
fornication or other lewd conduct. . 


Section 520. INDECENT EXPOSURE. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to appear upon any street, thoroughfare, alley or 
within any hotel, rooming house or other public place within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee in a state of nudity, or in 


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an indecent or lewd dress, or make an indecent exposure of his 
person, or be guilty of any lewd or indecent act of behavior, or dis- 
orderly conduct, upon, at or within such places. 


Section 521. IMMORAL SHOWS. It shall be unlawful for 
any person, either as owner, proprietor, lessee, actor or actress, to 
give or permit to be given, or to take any part in giving, in any 
opera house, theater, or other public place within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee, any show, plays, exhibition, or other 
entertainment, or any moving picture display of an indecent, lewd 
or lascivious character. 


Section 522. OPIUM DENS. It shall be unlawful for any 
person within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee to 
maintain, or assist in keeping or maintaining, any opium den or 
joint or other brothel house of like character or to be found therein. 


Section 523. LEWD BOOKS AND PICTURES. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to bring or cause to be brought within the 
corporate limits of the City of Muskogee, or to buy, sell, or cause 
to be sold or bought, or to advertise, lend, give away, offer, show, 
exhibit, post up or distribute, or cause to be distributed any in- 
decent or obscene book, pamphlet, paper, picture, drawing, figure, 
or other engraved, printed or written matter. 


Section 524. DANCE HALLS, DEFINED. The term public 
dance as used in this ordinance shall be taken to mean any dance 
or ball to which admission can be had by payment of a fee or by the 
purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token in which 
a charge is made for caring for clothing or other property, or any 
other dance to which the public generally may gain admission with 
or without payment of the fee. The term public dance hall as used 
herein shall be taken to mean any room, place or space in which a 
public dance or public ball may beheld. : 


Section 525. UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.. It shall be unlawful 
to hold, manage, conduct or maintain any public dance or public 
ball within the limits of the City of Muskogee and outside of the 
fire limits of the City of Muskogee without the owner, proprietor 
or manager of said dance hall first paying the license fee required 
by the license ordinance No. 1221 of the City of Muskogee, and 
obtaining the written consent of the Manager of the City of Mus- 
kogee. : 


section 926. DANCE HALL, LOCATION OF, SUB] BG iam 
PERMISSION OF CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of Mus- 
kogee shall not give his written consent for the maintenances, con- 
duct or operation of a public dance hall within the city limits of 
Muskogee and outside of the fire limits of Muskogee until he shall, 
from personal investigation, find that said public dance hall is lo- 
cated at a place where it will not disturb persons living in the resi- 
dence district; not located at a place where it will disturb in the 


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slightest degree any hospital; not located at a place where persons 
attending said dance hall will in any manner interfere with the 
traffic on the streets or roads adjacent thereto; and is located in 
such a place as will be conveniently under the police protection of 
the City of Muskogee without extra or additional expense to the 
City of Muskogee. 


Section 527. PENALTY. Any person violating this ordi- 
nance, or any provision thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $19.95. 


ARTICLE IV. 


VAGRANCY AND LOAFING. 


Section. Section. 
528. Vagrancy defined. 530. Loafing in public places. 
Dear enalty. 531. Loafing about railroad 


yards and stations. 


Ordinance No. 65. Vagrancy—Loafing—Loitering. 
Ordinance No. 566. Vagrancy—Defining; Fixing Penalty. 
Ordinance No. 1105. Vagrancy—Loafers. 

Ordinance No. 1226. Amending 566. | 


Section 528. VAGRANCY-DEFINED. That the following 
persons are vagrants »within the meaning of this article. First: 
Any idle person who lives without any means, or who has no 
visible support, and makes no-exertion to obtain a livelihood by 
honest employment. Second: Any person who strolls or loiters 
idly about the streets of the City of Muskogee, having no local 
habitation and no honest business or employment. Third: Any per- 
son who sttfolls ‘about to tell fortunes or to exhibit tricks not h- 
censed by law. Fourth: Any common prostitute, any manager or 
controller of a house of prostitution, or ill-fame, or gambling 
house, or anyone employed therein, in any manner, and habitual 
frequenters thereof, and also any person who habitually procures 
or solicits customers for such houses of prostitution or ill-fame or 
gambling house. - Fifth: Any proprietor, manager, operator of a 
house, room or place where intoxicant liquors are sold or opium or 
other similar drug are smoked, and any person employed therein, 
or an habitual frequenter thereof. Sixth: Any-~ professional 
gambler or gamblers, or professional card players or card sharper. 
Seventh: Any person who goes about to beg alms, who is not af- 
flicted or disabled by a physical malady or misfortune. Eighth: 
Any habitual drunkard. Ninth: Any person who abandons or ne- 
glects or refuses to support his family. 


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Section 529. PENALTY. Any person found guilty of being 
a vagrant as defined in the last section above, shall be punishable 
by a fine in any sum not exceeding $19.95, or by imprisonment in 
the City Jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or by both 
such fine and imprisonment. 


Section 530. UNLAWFUL TO LOAF IN PUBLIG PLAGE, 
That it shall be unlawful for any person to idle, loaf or loiter in, 
around or about any public place or places within the corporate 
limits of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Persons who idle, loaf 
or loiter within the meaning of this section shall include all able- 
bodied persons who are physically fit to work and who do not work 
and who have no property to support them. Public places within 
the meaning of this section shall include all streets, alleys, side- 
walks and other public thoroughfares, as well as stores, pool and 
billiard halls, and any and all other places kept open to the public 
for business or other lawful purpose. 


Section 531. LOAFING ABOUT RAILROAD YARDS AND 
STATIONS. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, 
to be found loafing or loitering in or around any railroad yard, sta- 
tions, depots, freight houses or platforms used in connection there- 
with, in the City of Muskogee, unless such person or persons, shall 
be at such place for the purpose of transacting business with such 
railroad company, its agents, servants or employes, or for Bul 
lawful purposes. 


ARTICLE V. 


UNLAWFUL CONVERSION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT 
OR GAS. 


Section. Section. 
532. Unlawful conversion, machinery. 
electricity. 534.: Unlawful receiving. 
533. Unlawful tampering, 535. Unlawful gas connec- 
tions. 


Ordinance No. 338. Gas Mains—Prohibiting Connection With- 
out Consent of Owner. 


Ordinance No. 753. Electric Current—Unlawful Conversion. 


Section 532. UNLAWFUL CONVERSION OF ELECTRIC- 
ITY. That any person who, without consent of any person, firm 
or corporation engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale 
of electricity, for public or private use, shall unlawfully convert to 
his own use, or the use of another party, from any wire or con- 
ductor of such person, firm or corporation, any portion of such 


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electrical current or electricity, or who shall unlawfully and inten- 
tionally prevent such current or any portion thereof from passing 
through any meter provided for measuring the same by such per- 
son, firm or corporation, or who shall in any manner, unlawfully 
and intentionally, prevent such meter from registering correctly 
the current passing through it, or who shall by any appliance or 
connection consume and use, or convert to their use electricity or 
electrical current passing through any meter not installed for the 
person so using it, and without any contract or consent to the per- 
son so using it from the person, firm or corporation authorized to 
manufacture, distribute and sell electricity, or who shall make joint 
use of any meter registering electricity without first having ob- 
tained the consent of such person, firm or corporation, or any per- 
son who shall unlawfully and without the consent of such person, 
firm or corporation permit other persons to jointly use any meter 
put up for his or her use, or to permit any other person, without 
the consent of such person, firm or corporaion, to use electrical 
current passing through and registered by the meter installed for 
and used by such person, or who shall aid in any manner the un- 
lawful conversion to his use, or the use of another, of any portion 
of such electrical current, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 


Section 533. UNLAWFUL TAMPERING; MACHINERY. 
Any person who shall unlawfully and maliciously destroy, injure 
or otherwise tamper with any engine, generator, dynamo, machin- 
ery, meter, pipe, conduit, line or pole belonging to any person, 
firm or corporation engaged in the production and sale of elec- 
tricity, or shall destroy, injure or otherwise tamper with any wires, 
cables, lamps or other apparatus placed upon poles belonging to or 
leased by such persons, firm or corporation, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. : 


‘Section 534. UNLAWFULLY RECEIVING ELECTRICITY. 
Any one who shall knowingly accept or receive the use and benefit 
of electric current, which should pass through a meter but had 
been diverted therefrom, or which has been prevented from being 
correctly registered by a meter provided therefor, or which has 
been diverted from the wires or conductors of a person, firm or 
corporation producing electricity for public or private use, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 


(Ordinance 753) 


Section 535. UNLAWFUL GAS CONNECTIONS. That any 
person, firm or corporation connecting any pipes, meters or appli- 
ances, or disconnecting any pipes, meter or appliances to or from 
any of the mains or services belonging to any person, firm or cor- 
poration, or any of the pipes connected with the mains or services 
belonging to any person, firm or corporation furnishing gas in the 
City of Muskogee, for the purpose of taking therefrom gas with- 


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out obtaining the consent in writing of said person, firm or cor- 
poration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions 
of this Section shall apply to any person, agent, contractor, com- 
pany or corporation who makes connection or disconnection with 
any of the pipes, mains or services of any person, firm or corpora- 
tion furnishing gas in the City of Muskogee, and such person shall 
be amenable to the provisions herein the same as the person, agent, 
contractor, company or corporation for whose benefit. or use said 
connection or disconnection is made. 


(Ordinance 338) 


ARTICLE VI. 


OIL OR GAS WELLS WITHIN CITY Cini: 


536. Prohibited in Fire Limits. Section. 
Section. : 537. Conditions. 


Ordinances 134-485 


Ordinance No. 134. Prohibiting Drilling for Oil or Gas Within 
City. | 

Ordinance No. 485. Prohibiting Drilling for Oil or Gas Within 
City. . 


ARTICLE VI. 


OIL OR GAS WELLS WITHIN CITY LIMITS. 


Section 536. PROHIBITED IN FIRE LIMITS. Any per- 
son or persons, or any member of a company, or every member of 
a corporation, if by a corporation, who shall drill or dig any oil or 
gas well within the fire limits of the City of Muskogee, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall 
be punished as in this chapter provided. | 


Section 537. CONDITIONS. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person, persons or corporation to drill or attempt to drill with- 
in the corporate limits of the City_of Muskogee, Oklahoma, within 
two hundred and fifty feet of any dwelling, store-room, business 
house or any other substantial building, any oil or gas well, without 
first gaining and getting the consent of said owner of any such 
dwelling, store-room, business house or other substantial building 
to the value of $500.00, to so drill any such oil or gas well, except 
where well is begun or timber is on the ground for drilling, and 
any such person, persons or corporation so doing or attempting to 
so do, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- 
tion, shall be punished as in this chapter provided. 


OFFENSES GENERAL 2953 


ARTICLE VII. 


POSTING ADVERTISING MATTER ON TELEPHONE 
OR TELEGRAPH POLES. 


Section. Section. 
538. Posting advertising mat- 539. Advertising matter on 
ter, prohibited. buildings; regulations. 


(Ordinance 959) 


Section 538. UNLAWFUL TO POST ADVERTISING 
MATTER ON TELEGRAPH POLES, ETC. That it shall be un- 
_ lawful for any person, firm or corporation to place or cause to be 
placed on any telephone, telegraph, electric light or lamp post of 
the City of Muskogee, any advertising matter of any kind or to 
cause to be placed upon said posts any printed matter of any kind 
whatever. : 

Section 539. ADVERTISING MATTER ON BUILDINGS; 
REGULATING. No person, firm or corporation shall place upon 
any building in the City of Muskogee any advertising matter of 
any kind or shall print or exhibit printing on said building or any 
part thereof, in words, signs or characters, except with the express 
consent of the owner, lessee or authorized agent of the owner of 
said building. No person, firm or corporation shall place or cause 
to be placed upon any sidewalks within the incorporated limits of 
the City of Muskogee any advertising matter of any kind, or cause 
to be printed on any sidewalk any signs or characters of any kind 
whatever. 


ARTICLE VIII. 


RAILWAY STATIONS, SOLICITING PATRONAGE HOTELS, 
ETC., REGULATING. RETAIL STORES, SOLICIT- 
ING FOR PROHIBITED. 


Section. Section. : 
540. Soliciting at Railway ner, prohibited. 
Stations. 542. Soliciting for Retail 
541. Loud or boisterous man- Stores prohibited. 


Ordinances 898-1103 


Ordinance No. 898. Soliciting—Prohibited for Hotels. 
Ordinance No. 1103. Soliciting—Prohibited for Retail Stores. 


Section 540. SOLICITING AT RAILWAY STATIONS. 
That it shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate lim- 


254 OFFENSES GENERAL 


its of the City of Muskogee, in the depot or upon the grounds of 
any railroad company, or upon any platform thereof, or upon any 
walk or crossing connected therewith and belonging thereto, to 
solicit the patronage of passengers, or other persons, alighting 
from trains arriving thereat, for any hotel, rooming house, board- 
ing house, restaurant, or other public place of entertainment, or to 
lay hands upon, push, pull, or otherwise disturb or interfere with 
such person, or passengers, or to take hold of the baggage, or other 
articles or packages, belonging to such passenger, or other person, 
or to solicit the hauling of such baggage, or other articles. 


Section 541. LOUD OR BOISTEROUS MANNER, PRO- 
HIBITED. That it shall be unlawful for any person within the 
corporate limits of the City, at or near any railroad depot, to solicit 
in a loud or boisterous manner, or with unnecessary noise, the 
patronage of any passenger, or other person, for any hotel, room- 
ing house, boarding house, restaurant, or other public place of 
entertainment, or to solicit the carriage or transportation of any 
passenger, or baggage, or freight, at or near such depot in a loud 
and boisterous manner and with unnecessary noise. 


Section 542, SOLICITING FOR RETAIL STORES PRO- 
HIBITED That it shall be unlawful for any person to solicit upon 
the streets of the City of Muskogee business for retail stores. 


ARTICLE IX. 


FINES AND FORFEITURES. IMPRISONMENT. 


Section. Section. 
543. Ordinance failing to pro- ing to pay fines. 
vide penalties. 545. Persons in Jail under 
544. Convicted prisoners fail- charge of Chief of Police. 


(Ordinance 975) 


Section 543. ORDINANCE FAILING TO PROVIDE PEN- 
ALTIES. Any person or persons who may have violated any pro- 
vision, Or provisions, or any ordinances of the City of Muskogee, or 
of any of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Muskogee for the 
violation of which no punishment has been provided, shall upon 
conviction of the violation of such provision or provisions, be pun- 
ished by a fine not exceeding $19.95. 


Section 544. CONVICTED PRISONERS FAILING TO PAY 
FINES. The fines imposed for violation of any provision or pro- 
visions of any ordinance or ordinances of the City of Muskogee, or 
of any provision or section of the Revised Ordinances of the City 
of Muskogee, when not paid by the defendant, may be collected by 
committing such defendant to the city jail, where he shall remain 
until his fine and any costs assessed against him shall be discharg- 


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ed, either by payment, or by confinement in city jail at the rate of 
$1.00 per day, or by working said defendant upon any street, alley, 
park, or other public place of the city at a rate of $1.50 per day, 
under the direction of the police department of the city. 


Section 545. PERSONS IN JAIL UNDER CHARGE OF 
CHIEF OF POLICE. Any person confined in the city jail by sen- 
tence or commitment of the police court for the violation of any 
of the provisions of any city ordinance, or in default of payment 
of any fine or penalty of such violation, shall be under the care and 
control of the Chief of Police. 


(Ordinance 975) 


ARTICLE X. 


SABBATH BREAKING. 


Section. Section. 
546. Prohibited; defining. 547. Penalty. 


Ordinance 1002. 


ARTICLE X. 


SABBATH BREAKING. 


Section 546. PROHIBITED; DEFINING. That any person 
or any officer, agent, servant or employee of any person, firm or 
corporation who shall, within the corporate limits of the City of 
Muskogee, at any time during the first day of the week, commonly 
called “Sunday,” do or perform, or cause to be done or performed, 
any of the acts or things in this section set out or described, shall 
be guilty of the offense of Sabbath Breaking. 

First. Servile labor, except work of necessity or charity. 

Second. Trades, manufactures and mechanical employment. 

Third. All shooting, horse racing or gaming. 

Fourth. All manner of public selling, offering or exposing for 
sale publicly, of any commodities, except that meats, bread and fish 
may be sold at any time before 9 o’clock in the morning, and except 
that food and drink may be sold to be eaten and drunk upon the 
premises where sold, and drugs, medicines, milk, ice and surgical 
appliances and burial supplies may be sold at any time of the day. 


Section 547. PENALTY. Any person who shall be guilty 
of the offense of Sabbath Breaking, as described in the last sec- 
tion above shall, upon the conviction thereof, be punished as pro- 
vided elsewhere in this chapter for violations of provisions of this 


256 OFFENSES GENERAL 


chapter; provided that it shall be a sufficient defense in a prosecu- 
tion under this ordinance, for the person charged with the offense 
of Sabbath Breaking, to show that the person accused uniformly 
keeps another day of the week as holy time and does not do any 
of the acts set out or described in section one thereof, upon that 
day and that the act or acts complained of were done in such a 
manner as. not to interrupt or disturb other persons in observing 
the first day of the week, commonly called “Sunday” as holy. 


ARTICLE XI. 


PROHIBITED SELLING CERTAIN ARTICLES ONSCH Ri 


STREETS. 
Section. Section. 
548. Portable Stands; regula- 549. Hamburger wagons, etc. 


tion. 


Ordinance No. 886. Prohibiting Selling Merchandise on Broad- 
way. 
Ordinance No. 1155. Prohibiting Portable Restaurants. 


Section 548. PORTABLE STANDS; REGULATION. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of sell- 
ing from any wagon, cart, or other vehicle, or from any portable 
stand, fresh or prepared food stuffs, fruit, popcorn, peanuts, candy, 
or other like article of merchandise, on Broadway, in the City of 
Muskogee, between the main line of the M. K. & T. Ry. Co.’s tracks 
and the east line of Fifth Street, or to have, or keep, or maintain 
on said Broadway between said points any such wagon, cart or 
other vehicle, or portable stand for the purpose of engaging in such 
business therewith and therefrom. 


Section 549. HAMBURGER WAGONS, ETC. It is hereby 
declared unlawful for any person, or persons, within the City of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma or upon any street, or streets, thereof, to 
maintain, use or operate any portable restaurants, stands, ham- 
burger wagons or stands from which are sold, or offered for sale, 
food cooked ready to serve, including sandwiches, pies, cakes, 
or hamburgers, except at such locations as may be designated Py 
the City Manager. 


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ARTICLE XII. 


BASEMENT WAYS, ETC. 


Section. Section. 
550. Unlawful to erect. 552. Penalty for violation of 
551. Unlawful to maintain. this Chapter. 


Ordinance 515. 


Section 550. UNLAWFUL TO ERECT BASEMENT WAYS, 
ETC. That it shall be unlawful to erect or construct or cause to 
be erected or constructed any cellar or basement way, stairway, 
doorway, hitching-post and rail, awning post or any other kind of 
structure projecting into, upon or over and adjoining any street or 
sidewalk within the fire limits in the City of Muskogee. 


Section 551. UNLAWFUL TO MAINTAIN BASEMENT 
WAY, ETC. It shall be unlawful to maintain or permit to remain 
any cellar or basement way, stairway, excavation, doorway, hitch- 
ing post and rails, awning posts or any other kind of construction 
projecting into, upon or over and adjoining any street or sidewalk 
within the fire limits of the City of Muskogee, and each day that 
any person or persons shall permit any of the above mentioned 
things or construction to so remain shall be deemed a separate 
offense. | 


Section 552. PENALTY. Any person violating any provi- 
sion of any Section of this Chapter, in whatever article found, shall 
be punished, if not herein otherwise provided, by a fine of not less 
than $19.95. 


CHAPTER XX. 


PAWNBROKERS. 
Section. Section. 
553. Defining Pawnbroker. 558. To enter record of all 
554. To secure license. purchases of property. 
555. To furnish Bond. 559. Not to purchase from 
556. To keep record of prop- minor. 
erty taken or purchased. 560. License required. 
557. Register to be open for 561. License to be revoked for 
inspection. violation. 


562. Penalty for violation. 


258 PAWNBROKERS 


Ordinance No. 712.. Pawnbrokers—Regulating. 
Ordinance No. 723. Pawnbrokers—Regulating—Amending No. 
712. 


Section 553. DEFINING PAWNBROKER. Any person who 
loans money on deposit of personal property, or who deals in the 
purchase of personal property on condition of selling the same 
back again at a stipulated price, or who makes a public display at 
his place of business of the sign generally used by pawnbrokers to 
denote their business, to-wit: three gilt or yellow balls, or who 
publicly exhibits any sign of money to loan on personal property 
is hereby declared to be a pawnbroker. 


Section 554. TO SECURE LICENSE. No person shall carry 
on, or engage in business as a pawnbroker in this City without 
having first obtained a license therefor from said City, and such 
license shall conform to those now provided for, or that may be 
hereafter provided by ordinance. 


Section 555. TO FURNISH BOND. Every person applying 
for a license to engage in or carry on a business of pawnbroker, 
shall before such license is issued to him, enter into bond to the 
City of Muskogee with some Surety Company, or with two or 
more good and sufficient sureties, residents of the City, in the 
penal sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, conditioned that 
said applicant will strictly and faithfully observe all ordinances, 
regulations and requirements of said city in relation to pawn- 
brokers, or their business, and will pay all costs, fines and pen- 
alties incurred on account of his failure or neglect in that behalf, 
and will pay all damages resulting to any person by reason of his 
wrongfully purchasing, taking or receiving in pledge, or on deposit, 
any stolen property, or the property of any minor, which bond shall 
be approved by the Council and filed with the City Clerk, and may 
be sued upon by any person damaged as aforesaid, in the name of 
the City to the use of such person, but in no event shall said city 
be liable for any cost in such suit. | 


Section 556. TO KEEP RECORD OF PROPERTY TAKEN 
OR PURCHASED. Every pawnbroker shall keep at his place of 
business a register in which he shall enter in writing a minute de- 
scription of all property taken, purchased or received as aforesaid, 
including any and all numbers that may be in or upon any article, 
together with the time and name, age, nationality, color and place 
of residence (give street number if within the City) of the person 
leaving said property, also the amount loaned and the time when 
the loan falls due, which register shall be kept clean and legible. 
He shall make such entries within one (1) hour after the receipt 
of all property. Every entry shall be made in ink, and shall not 
in any manner be erased, obliterated or defaced. It shall be the 
further duty of every pawnbroker to make out and deliver to the 


PAW NBROKERS 259 


Chief of Police, every day before the hour of 12:00 M., a legible 
and correct copy from said register of all personal property or 
other valuable things received or deposited or purchased during the 
preceding day, together with the time when received or purchased, 
and the description of the person or persons by whom left in pledge, 
or from whom the same were purchased. , 


PROVIDED, that no person shall be required to furnish such 
description of any property purchased from manufacturers or 
wholesale dealers having an established place of business, or of any 
goods purchased at open sale from any bankrupt stock, but such 
goods must be accompanied by a bill of sale or other evidence of 
open and legitimate purchase, and must be shown to any member 
of the police department when demanded. 


Section 557. REGISTER TO BE OPEN FOR INSPECTION. 
Said register shall, at all times be kept open to the inspection of 
the Chief of Police, and the Sheriff of Muskogee County,. or his 
Deputy, or any other officer of the police force of this City, the 
City Attorney of this City, and the Prosecuting Attorney of said 
Muskogee County, and any, one authorized in writing for that pur- 
pose by the Chief of Police force, which authority shall be exhibited 
to the pawnbroker. Said pawnbroker shall also upon request, 
show and exhibit to any such person or officer, for inspection any 
article or articles purchased, taken or received by him. 


Section 558. TO ENTER RECORD OF ALL PURCHASES 
OF PROPERTY. Every pawnbroker shall, on the absolute pur- 
chase of any personal property enter the same in such register in 
the same manner as properly received on pledge; such property 
shall be exhibited to inspection of said officers and persons, and 
to the same extent as goods received on pledge. 


Section 559. NOT TO PURCHASE FROM MINOR. No 
pawnbroker shall purchase, take or receive any pledge or deposit, 
any article of property of or from a minor, or any stolen property, 
or property which from any cause, he may have reason to believe 
or-suspect cannot be lawfully or rightfully sold, pawned or pledged 
by the person offering it. 


Section 560. LICENSE REQUIRED. A license shall be and 
is hereby required of every pawnbroker for each and every place 
where such business is transacted and it shall be unlawful for any- 
one to act as agent or solicit for any pawnbroker while such pawn- 
broker is engaged in such business at a place other than that speci- 
fied in said license. 


Section 561. LICENSE TO BE REVOKED FOR VIOLA- 
TION. If any pawnbroker, or his agent, servants or employees 
shall violate any of the provisions in this ordinance, or any of the 
statutes of the State of Oklahoma, and be finally convicted in any 
court of record in this City or State, or in the municipal court of 


260 PAWNBROKERS—POOL AND BILLIARD ROOMS 


the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, or become a person of bad moral 
character in the conduct of pawnbroker’s business, it shall be suf- 
ficient to authorize the City Manager of the City of Muskogee, 
Oklahoma, to revoke his license, and sufficient grounds for the 
refusal to issue a new license. 


Section 562. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any pawn- 
broker who shall violate, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any 
of the provisions, regulations or requirements of this article, or 
who shall fail to procure a license, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $1.00 
nor more than $19.95. 


CHAPTER XXI.. 


POOL AND BILLIARD ROOMS. 


Section. Section. 


563. Unlawful to open on Sun- 565. Minors not allowed in 
day. | ~ pool rooms. 

564. To close 12:00 o’clock 566. Not to permit games of 
midnight. chance, ete 


567. Penalty for violation. 


Ordinance No. 947. 


Section 563. UNLAWFUL TO OPEN ON “SUNDAR =a 
shall be unlawful for the proprietor, licensee or any person in 
charge of any hall or room wherein a billiard table or billiard 
tables, or pool table or pool tables are provided, or any agent or 
servant or employee of such proprietor, licensee or person in charge 
of such hall or room, or any other person to open or suffer or per- 
mit to be opened such hall or room on the first day of the week 
commonly called Sunday, which shall cover a period of twenty- 
four hours (24) beginning at 12 o’clock midnight on Saturday 
and ending at 12 o’clock midnight Sunday. 


Section 564. TO CLOSE AT 12:00 O’?CLOCK MIDNIGHT. 
It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, licensee or any person in 
charge of any hall or room in which are provided a billiard table or 
tables or a pool table or tables, or any servant, agent or employee 
of such.proprietor, licensee or person in charge of such hall or 
room, or any other person connected therewith, to fail, refuse or 
neglect to close said hall or room at the hour of 12 o’clock midnight 
or to suffer or permit such hall or room to be, and remain, open at 
any time thereafter, until 6 a. m. of the following day. 


Section 565. MINORS NOT ALLOWED IN POOL ROOMS. 


It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, licensee, or any person in 


POOL AND BILLIARD ROOMS—SECOND HAND DEALERS 261 


charge of any hall or room in which are provided a billiard table 
or tables, or pool table or tables, or for any servant, agent or em- 
ployee of such proprietor, licensee or person in charge of same to 
suffer or permit minors to enter or remain in such hall or room, or 
to loaf therein, or about said hall or room, or to use any such bil- 
liard or pool tables with or without gain or profit, or for any other 
purpose whatsoever. 


ection 000. NOT LO PERMIT GAMES OF CHANCE, ETC. 
_It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, licensee, or any person in 
charge of any hall or room, wherein are provided a billiard table 
or tables or pool table or tables or for any servant, agent or em- 
ployee of such proprietor, licensee or person in charge of such hall 
or room, or any other person, to play any game of chance for money 
or any other representative of value upon the pool or billiard tables 
therein, or in, upon or about anything whatsoever, within such hall 
or room, or suffer or permit any such game within such hall or 
room, either upon billiard or pool tables or elsewhere, within the 
same. 


Section 567. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate, ne- 
glect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the above and fore- 
going sections of this article, or any one thereof, or any regulation 
or requirement contained in any section thereof, shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before the judge of 
the police court of the City of Muskogee, shall be fined in a sum 
not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more than $19.95. 


CHAPTER XXII. 


SECOND-HAND DEALERS. 


Section. Section. 
568. To keep register of hibited except on permit 
goods purchased. from City Clerk. 


569. Buying from minors pro- 570. Penalty. 


(Ordinance 33) 


Section 568. TO KEEP REGISTER. It shall be the duty of 
each and every dealer in second-hand goods and each and every 
junk-dealer doing business in the City of Muskogee, to keep a book 
or register in which he shall keep a record in a plain and legible 
hand giving a description as complete as possible of each and every 
article of goods bought by them, together with the name, descrip- 
tion and residence of the person from whom he received the same 
and the date of such receipt and the amount paid out thereon, which 
book or register shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times 
and hours to all policemen, marshals or other officers of said City 


262 SECOND HAND DEALERS—SEWERS 


desiring to examine the same, or any sheriff, the United States 
marshal or their deputies who may desire to examine the same, 
and such dealer or junk dealer shall, on demand, of any officer ex- 
hibit to them any article of merchandise or property bought by 
them or held by them, and such dealer of second-hand goods or 
junk dealer in said City, who shall fail or neglect to comply with 
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. 


Section 569. BUYING FROM MINORS PROHIBITED. It 
shall be unlawful for any second-hand dealer, or junk dealer, to 
buy any article or goods from any person under legal age, unless 
said person shall exhibit a permit to sell said articles or goods 
signed by the City Clerk. 


Section 570. PENALTY. Any person violating any provi- 
sion of this article shall be subject to a fine in any sum not more 
than $19.95. 


CHAPTER XXIII. 


SEWERS. 


GENERAL REGULATIONS. 


Section. Section. 


571. Sewer System. drains. 

572. Connections. 584. Pipe laying. 

573. Licensed Plumbers. 585. Inspection. 

574. Permits. 586. General rules. 

575. Inspection. 587. Toilet Paper. 

576. Statement of work done. ~~ 588. Connections, size. Shall 

5/7. Cess Pools. obtain permit. 

578. Injury to Sewers. 589. Laid under supervision of 

579. Water and Gas Pipe. Plumbing Inspector. 

580. Obstructions. 590. Duty of Property owners 

581. Private Sewer to con- to make sewer connec- 
form. tions. 

582. Trenching. 591. Section 590 cumulative. 

583. Material for sewer and 592. Penalty. 


Ordinances 105-167-318-562-1090-1243. 


Ordinance No. 105. Regulating use of. 

_ Ordinance No. 167. Amending No. 105. 

Ordinance No. 318. Amending No. 105. 

Ordinance No. 562. Prohibiting Connection with Storm Sewer. 
Ordinance No. 1080. Regulating—Supervision of City Engineer. 
Ordinance No. 1243. Requiring Sewer Connections. 


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Section 571. SEWER SYSTEM. The Sanitary Sewer Sys- 
tem of the City of Muskogee, consists of main and lateral conduits 
of salt-glazed, vitrified earthenware pipe, with necessary acces- 
sories. They are designed to carry off all liquid house wastes, and 
are known herein as Sanitary Sewers. The sewers in the streets 
in front of the various lots are called main or lateral sewers. ‘The 
sewer leading from the main or lateral sewers to the property on 
either side are called house sewers. Porous drains laid for remov- 
ing sub-surface water are called sub-soil drains. 


Section 572. CONNECTIONS. All connections of house 
sewers, drains or plumbing work with the sewer system of the 
City of Muskogee, shall be made in accordance with these rules 
and regulations. 


Section 573. LICENSED PLUMBERS. No person, firm or 
corporation shall contract to lay, or contract to alter or repair any 
house drain, sewer or plumbing work or contract to make any 
connection whatever with any sewer or drain belonging to the 
sanitary sewer system, or contract to do any kind of work con- 
nected with the laying of house drains or house sewers or plumb- 
ing or making any repairs, additions to or alterations of any drain, 
sewer or plumbing connected, or designed to be connected with 
the sanitary sewer system unless he be regularly licensed by the 
City of Muskogee. Property owners may lay pipes on their own 
premises. | 


Section 574. PERMITS. To connect with Sanitary Sewers. 
Applications for permits to connect with the Sanitary Sewer Sys- 
tem or do plumbing work to be connected therewith, must be made 
in writing by the owner of the property to be drained or his au- 
thorized agent. Such application shall give the precise location of 
the property, the name of the owner and the name of the person 
employed to do the work, and shall be made on blanks furnished 
for that purpose. No permit shall be deemed to authorize anything 
not stated in the application, and for any misrepresentation in such 
application, the plumber shall be suspended; and if such misrepre- 
sentation appears to be wilful, his license shall be revoked. The 
said permit shall be accompanied by a fee of One Dollar and twenty- 
five cents ($1.25) to be paid to the Plumbing Inspector. 


Permits to make connection with the sewer system will be is- 
sued only when the plumbing in the house or building to be con- 
nected, is in accordance with the rules for plumbing prescribed by 
the City, and has been inspected and such inspection approved by 
the Plumbing Inspector. 


The City Engineer will designate the position of the “Y” branch 
in the street, as shown by the records in the City Engineer’s office. 
All connections made with the sanitary sewers or drains and all 
plumbing connecting therewith shall be made under the direction 
of the Plumbing Inspector. 


264. SEWERS 


Section 575. INSPECTION. The Plumbing Inspector is to 
be given notice when any work is ready for inspection, and all work 
must be left uncovered and convenient for examination until in- 
spected and approved. Such inspection shall be made within 
twenty-four hours after such notification. 


Section 576. STATEMENT OF WORK DONE. The plumb- 
er shall, on the completion of the work, file in the office of the 
Plumbing Inspector, on blanks furnished for that purpose, a cor- 
rect statement of the work done under the permit. 


Section 577. CESS POOLS. No open gutter, cess-pool or 
privy vault shall be connected with any sewer or drain. 


Section 578. INJURY TO SEWERS. No person, firm or 
corporation shall injure, break or remove any portion of any man- 
hole, lamp-hole, flush-tank, catch basin or any part of the sewer 
system, or throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited in 
any sewer opening or receptacle connected with the sewer system, 
any garbage, offal, dead animals, vegetable parings, ashes, cinders, 
rags, or any other matter or thing whatsoever except faeces, urine, 
the necessary water closet paper, liquid house and mill slops. 


Section 579. WATER AND GAS PIPE. Any person, firm 
or corporation desiring to lay pipes for water, gas, steam, or any 
purpose in any street, or alley, upon which sewers are laid, shall 
give at least twenty-four hour’s notice to the Plumbing Inspector 
before opening the street, and the manner of excavating for lay- 
ing and backfilling over such pipe shall be subject to the approval 
of the Plumbing Inspector. All such work shall be planned and 
executed so that no injury shall occur to any public sewer or drain 
or to any house sewer or drain connected therewith. 


Section 580. OBSTRUCTIONS. The Plumbing Inspector 
shall have power to stop and prevent from discharging into the 
sewer system any private sewer or drain, through which substances 
are discharged which are liable to injure the sewers or obstruct 
the flow of the sewage. 


Section 581. PRIVATE SEWER TO CONFORM. Before 
any old private drain or sewer shall be connected with the sewer 
system, the owner of the private drain or sewer shall prove to the 
satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector that it is clean and conforms 
in every respect with these rules and regulations. 


Section 582. TRENCHING. The house sewer trench shall 
be so dug as to meet the public sewer at the position of the “Y” 
branch as located by the Plumbing Inspector. The material thrown 
from the trench shall be placed so as not to obstruct and so as to 
cause the least inconvenience to the public. Proper barriers and 
lights must be maintained on the banks of the trench to guard the 
public against accidents during the progress of the work. In back- 


SEWERS 265 


filling the earth shall be carefully rammed or flooded so as to keep 
the pipe in proper position and avoid settling, and no stone shall 
be used in filling until there has been depth of two feet of earth 
or gravel placed over the pipe. 


Section 583. MATERIAL FOR SEWER AND DRAINS. 
The house sewer from a point five feet outside of the house to the 
street sewer, shall be of first quality, salt-glazed, vitrified earthen 
pipe, unless laid less than two feet deep, when it shall be of heavy 
cast iron. The interior diameter shall be not less than six inches. 
Sub-soil drains shall be earthenware pipes. All the laterals and 
extensions of the sewer system, made either by private parties or 
for private parties by the City, shall be under the supervision and 
subject to inspection of the Plumbing Inspector. 


The plans for said extension shall be subject to the approval 
of the Plumbing Inspector. 


Section 584. PIPE LAYING. The cover of the “Y” branch 
on the sewer shall be carefully removed, so as not to injure the 
socket, and the first length of pipe attached to the “Y” branch shall 
be set at not a greater angle than 45 degrees. Plumbers are re- 
.quired when making connection with the sewer mains where no 
“Y” is found, to take out the joint of sewer pipe where connection 
is desired to be made and substitute a “Y” joint in the place of the 
joint removed. 


The ends of all private sewers not immediately connected with 
the plumbing fixtures shall be securely closed by watertight im- 
perishable material. If lead pipe, the end must be soldered; if cast 
iron pipe, a cast iron plug must be calked in with lead. 


Cellars shall be drained, when possible, by means of suitable, 
properly laid earthenware tile pipes. They shall not communicate 
directly with any drain pipe carrying foul sewerage, or with a 
sewer or cess-pool. Where possible they shall connect with the 
subsoil drains in the street. 


The main pipe from the sewer connection to the house tap 
must be at least six (6) inches in interior diameter at every point. 


Section 585. INSPECTION. In cases where plumbing work 
has been completed in a building before these rules and regulations 
came in force, if the plumbing has been done in accordance with 
these rules and regulations permits will be granted for making 
connections with the sewer as in new work, but in case the plumb- 
ing is not in accordance with these rules and regulations, such 
alterations shall be made as the Plumbing Inspector shall direct, 
to make the plumbing safe to the person residing in the house, and 
such as to be no source of injury or stoppage to the sewer. 


Section 586. GENERAL RULES. It shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons, when living on property abutting or adjoin- 


266 SEWERS 


ing any street or alley upon which sanitary sewer pipes have been 
laid, to throw or allow to be thrown or deposited on the surface 
of the ground, or in any hole, cess-pool or vault in or under the 
surface of the ground, except the necessary and proper manuring 
of the soil, any water which has been used for domestic purposes, 
or any liquid, solid filth, faeces or urine. 


It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make or have 
made any connection with the sewer system of the City of Mus- 
kogee that will permit any surface or rain water from the ground | 
or from the roofs of the houses or the overflow of cisterns or cess- 
pools, to enter sewers, either directly or indirectly; provided, how- 
ever, that the drainage of cellars may be connected with said sys- 
tem, when made in accordance with the regulations, plans and 
specifications of the Plumbing Inspector, and under his direct 
supervision. 


Section 587. TOILET PAPER. The use, placing or keeping 
of any paper or other substance, other than toilet paper that is 
suitable for the passage through sanitary sewers, is hereby pro- 
hibited. 


Section’ 588. CONNECTIONS, SIZE. <SHALE VORGaAim 
PERMIT. That any and all sanitary and storm sewers hereafter 
laid within the corporate limits of the City of Muskogee or con- 
necting to the sewerage system of the City of Muskogee shall be 
not less than eight inches in diameter in size, and that before be- 
ginning work thereon the parties desiring to construct and lay said 
sewers shall first obtain from the Water Works Department of the 
City of Muskogee and through the office of the Plumbing Inspec- 
tor a permit, after filing with him a written application therefor, 
stating the manner, time and place of the laying and construction 
of such sewer, the material to be used, and any other information 
requested by the said Plumbing Inspector. 


Section 589. LAID UNDER SUPERVISION OF PLUMBING 
INSPECTOR. That all sanitary and storm sewers shall only be laid 
after the obtaining of a permit, as provided herein, and shall only 
be done with the consent and approval of the Plumbing Inspector 
and in the manner and form prescribed by him as to the size of 
the sewer, the manner and place of connecting, the material to be 
used, and any and all other respects in which the sewer system of 
the City of Muskogee may be affected, including the depth to which 
said sewerage shall be laid. 


Section 590. DUTY OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE 
SEWER CONNECTION. It shall be the duty of every person, 
and of the agent and representative of such person, owning prop- 
erty within the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, abutting upon any 
street or alley in which there is a sanitary sewer, or property 
which is within two hundred feet of a sanitary sewer, to install 
and construct a private or house sewer connecting the buildings 


SEWERS—SIDEWALKS 267 


on such lot with such sanitary sewer. Such private or house sewer 
shall be constructed and installed and connection made, after ob- 
taining permit therefor, in accordance with the ordinances of the 
city pertaining thereto, and under the inspection and subject to 
the approval of the City Plumbing Inspector. If the owner of such 
property, or the agent or representative of such owner having 
charge of such property, fails, neglects or refuses to connect such 
property with such sanitary sewer by proper and suitable house 
or private sewer, as herein required, for a period of fifteen days 
after he or she has been notified in writing by the City Manager 
or the City Sanitary or Health Officer so to do, then such person 
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $19.95, and each day after 
the expiration of the said fifteen day period shall be a separate 
offense. 


Section 591. The provisions of the above section shall be 
cumulative to all other section or sections not in conflict therewith. 


Section 592. PENALTY. Every person who shall omit or 
‘refuse to comply with, or who wilfully violates any section of this 
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction shall be fined not less than Five Dollars for each offense. 


CHAPTER XXIV. 


SIDEWALKS. 
Section. Section. 
593. City Engineer to prepare supervision of City En- 
plans, etc. 7) pineer, 
594. To obtain permit from 599. Width of walks. 
City Clerk. 600. Material other than con- 
595. No permit issued when. crete not permitted. 
596. Permit void after 20 601. May cause railways to 
days; City may adver- build sidewalks. 
tise. 602. Specifications for con- 
597. Defective sidewalks to struction of granitoid 
be reported. sidewalks. 


598. To be constructed under 603. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 225. Sidewalks—Manner of Laying. 

Ordinance No. 259. Sidewalks—Specifications. 

Ordinance No. 981. Sidewalks—Rules and Regulations for Con- 
: structing. 


Section 593. CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE PLANS. 
That the City Engineer shall prepare and keep on file in his office, 
full and complete plans and specifications for the construction of 
sidewalks and driving crossings in same, which shall be approved 


268 SIDEWALKS 


by the City Council, and all permanent sidewalks whether con- 
structed by the property owner or by the City Council or its con- 
tractor, shall be constructed under the supervision and inspection 
of the City Engineer and City Sidewalk Inspector and in strict ac- 
cordance with the plans and specifications approved by the City 
Council and on file in the office of the City Engineer, and all side- 
walks so constructed shall conform to the grades established and 
adopted by the City Council. 


Section 594. TO OBTAIN PERMIT FROM CITY CLERK. 
That whenever any person shall desire to construct or reconstruct 
any sidewalk or to repair any sidewalk when such repairs exceed 
twenty-five square feet in extent, whether ordered by the City 
Council or not, he shall before commencing any work thereon, ob- 
tain from the City Clerk of the City of Muskogee, a permit for such 
construction, reconstruction or repair, which permit shall specify 
the block, lot and street, avenue, boulevard, alley or highway upon 
which such improvement is to be made, the length, width and ma- 
terial of the sidewalk, the name of the owner of the property, and 
the name of the contractor employed to do the work. The City 
Clerk shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents for each permit. No 
permit shall be required for making repairs whose area is less than 
twenty-five square feet. 


Section 595. NO PERMIT ISSUED, WHEN. That no per- 
mit shall be issued for the construction of any sidewalk which is 
included in any valid contract with the City of Muskogee or which 
is at the time being advertised in a sidewalk district for public 
letting. 


Section 596. PERMIT, VOID AFTER 20 DAYS; CITY MAY 
ADVERTISE. ‘That where a permit has been issued for the con- 
struction of any sidewalk and work thereon shall have not been 
actually commenced in good faith within twenty days from the 
date of the issuance of such permit, said permit may be revoked 
and cancelled and the City may advertise said walk for public let- 
ting as provided by law. | 


Section 597. DEFECTIVE SIDEWALKS TO BE REPORT- 
ED. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to report in writing 
to the City Council at the first regular meeting in each month all 
the defective or dangerous sidewalks within the City and the City 
Council may, when deemed advisable or necessary, order such de- 
fective or dangerous walks repaired at the expense of the owner 
of the abutting property and may assess the cost of same against 
the abutting property. 


Section 598. TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER SUPERVI- 
SION OF CITY ENGINEER. AIl sidewalks shall be constructed, 
reconstructed, removed and repaired under the supervision and 
subjection to the inspection and approval of the City Engineer and 
City Sidewalk Inspector. In case any sidewalk is constructed under 


SIDEWALKS 269 


a permit, which sidewalk does not conform to the provisions of 
this ordinance, the City Engineer shall report same to the City 
Council and the Council may cause same to be reconstructed ac- 
' cording to the plans and specifications and grades adopted by the 
Council and in that event the Council shall cause to be served on 
the owner of the abutting property or his agent, notice to recon- 
struct such sidewalk within twenty days according to the City 
specifications and grades and if said walk is not so reconstructed 
or work thereon begun in good faith in said Twenty days then the 
Council may cause same to be reconstructed and the cost of same 
assessed against said abutting property in the manner for making 
repairs to sidewalks as provided in Section 14 of this ordinance. 


Section 599. WIDTH OF WALKS. The width of permanent 
sidewalks inside the fire limits where business houses have been 
constructed of brick, stone or concrete with the outer wall of the 
property line shall extend from the curb to the front of such build- 
ing. At all other places within the fire limits the sidewalks shall 
be at least five feet in width and may be built immediately against 
the curb. Outside of the fire limits on streets 50 feet in width and 
upward the width of sidewalks shall be five feet and shall be built 
with the inside edge of the walk two feet out from the property 
line. On streets less than 50 feet in width sidewalks four feet 
_wide may be constructed with inner edge on the property line or 
one foot therefrom as the City Engineer may direct. 


Expansion joints, one half inch wide shall be made in all side- 
walks, and shall be twenty-five (25) feet apart. Where sidewalk 
abuts any curbing two inch expansion joints shall be made. All 
expansion joints to be of asphalt or elastite paving joint. 

The Council shall have the power to change the location or 
width of any sidewalk by resolution. 


Section 600. MATERIAL OTHER THAN CONCRETE NOT 
PERMITTED. ‘The construction of permanent sidewalk of brick 
or any material other than concrete shall not be permitted except 
by resolution of the Council. — 


Section 601. MAY CAUSE RAILWAYS TO BUILD SIDE- 
WALKS. The Council may by ordinance require any steam rail- 
way, street railway, or electric railway company to construct side- 
walks with such materials as the City may designate, upon either 
or both sides of any street, avenue, boulevard or other highway 
which crosses the right-of-way or station grounds of such railroad. 


Section 602. SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 
GRANITOID SIDEWALKS. That all persons hereinafter con- 
structing granitoid sidewalks in said City, be and they are hereby 
required to construct the same according to the following specifica- 
tions: 

All earth shall be excavated six inches below the finished grade 
of the proposed sidewalk, and shall be true to grade; after said 


270 SIDEWALKS 


earth has been removed and the proper grade made it shall be 
thoroughly tamped with a tamper which shall not weigh less than 
20 pounds and shall not be less than 12 inches square. 


Upon this grade shall be placed a layer of clean gravel, broken 
stone or cinders two inches thick, and shall be tamped thoroughly 
until the whole mass is smooth and solid. If broken stone or 
gravel is used, the stone shall pass a two inch ring in its pete 
dimensions. 


Upon this crushed stone or gravel foundation, shall be placed 
dry sand, evenly spread so as to fill all voids in the crushed stone 
or gravel. 


Upon this foundation thus prepared shall be placed a concrete 
base three and one-half inches in thickness, composed of one (1) 
part good American Portland Cement, one (1) part clean, sharp 
sand, and four (4) parts Joplin or Galena Chats or four (4) parts 
of small screened gravel, and shall be mixed as follows: The ce- 
ment and sand shall be thoroughly mixed dry, and to this shall be 
added sufficient clean water to make the mixture a good mortar, 
great care being taken not to get too much water. 


To this mixture add the screened gravel or chats, and mix the - 
whole until every fragment is thoroughly coated. This mass shall 
be deposited, between the forms prepared to receive it, and thor- 
oughly tamped until the free mortar appears above the surface, 
and said surface is exactly one-half inch below and parallel to, the 
finishing surface of the walk. 


Immediately after this surface has been prepared, there shall 
be placed thereon, the wearing surface, which shall be one-half 
inch in thickness, and shall be composed of one (1) part good 
American Cement, and one (1) part good clean coarse sand, and 
one (1) part clean Joplin Chats. To this add sufficient water to 
make a good stiff mortar, which can be easily worked with a | 
trowel or float; this shall be brought true to grade by means of a 
straight edge, or shall be thoroughly compacted by skillful trowel- 
ing at least three times, the first of which shall be with a wood or 
cork float, and the last with a steel trowel; no patches or ragged 
edges will be allowed, and the whole must be finished in a neat and 
workmanlike manner. 


Upon the finished walk shall be spread one-half inch of fine 
sand or loam to protect the work from the direct rays of the sun 
and shall also be allowed to remain until the cement is thoroughly 
crystalized and set. 


Section 603. PENALTY. Any person violating any of the 
provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


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CHAPTER XXV. 


STEAM RAILROADS. 


ARTICLE I. 


GENERAL REGULATIONS. 


Section. Section. 
604. Regulating speed. crossings. 
605. Gates at certain cross- 607. Flagman at certain cross- 
Pines: ings. 


606. Electric gongs at certain 608. Penalty. 


Ordinance No. 570. Providing for Gates at Crossings. 
Ordinance No. 717. Railroad Cars—Regulating Speed. 


Section 604. REGULATING SPEED. That no railroad 
train, locomotive, engine or car propelled by steam, used for the 
transportation of passengers shall be run through or within the 
limits of the City of Muskogee at a greater rate of speed than ten 
miles an hour; and, in any other cases than passenger trains, the 
rate of speed within such limits shall not exceed six miles an hour; 
provided, however, that in no case shall any train approaching the 
station of such railroad run at a greater speed than five miles an 
hour within the distance of three hundred feet from said station. 


Section 605. GATES AT CERTAIN CROSSINGS. It shall 
be the duty of each and every company or corporation owning or 
controlling or operating a line of railroad across South Second - 
Street near Elgin Avenue and South Third Street near Elgin 
Avenue, and South Cherokee Street between East Okmulgee 
and East South Side Boulevard and North Third Street between 
Commercial and Lake Streets in the City of Muskogee, to erect 
good and sufficient gates on said streets on each side of said rail- 
way tracks and within twenty feet therefrom and employ suitable 
persons to operate same; such gates shall be kept open at all times, 
except when cars, trains of cars or engines are crossing said streets 
on said tracks at which time said gates shall be securely closed. 
The said gates shall be of such dimensions and so constructed as 
when closed to fence said railroad across said streets and said 
gates shall be constructed upon said streets in such manner as not 
to unnecessarily obstruct the same. 


Section 606. ELECTRIC GONGS AT CERTAIN CROSS- 
INGS. It shall be the duty of each and every company or cor- 
poration owning or controlling or operating a line of railroad across 
South Main Street, South Fourth Street, South Sixth Street and 
South Seventh Street between West Okmulgee Avenue and West 


2712 STEAM RAILROADS 


South Side Boulevard, South B Street, South D Street, Spaulding 
Boulevard, South G Street, Dorchester Street, Hamilton Avenue, 
Cincinnati Avenue and Baltimore Avenue and East Okmulgee 
Avenue between K and L, Streets, and East Broadway between K 
Street and L Street, Callahan Street, Dayton Street, Fredonia 
Street, Houston Street, Jefferson Street, Kingston Street, Gibson 
Street, Lawrence Street, Manitou Street, North Street, Fon du Lac 
Street, North Third Street, Howard Street and Twenty-first Street, 
and all commercial tracks crossing Broadway Street and Okmulgee 
Avenue between Cherokee Street and Main Street, to equip said 
crossings on said streets with electric gongs. Said gongs to be so 
erected and equipped as to sound a warning of the approach of any 
cars or train of cars and in such time as to give reasonable notice 
to anyone approaching said crossings of the coming of any such 
cars or train of cars. 


Section 607. FLAGMAN AT CERTAIN CROSSINGS. It 
shall be the duty of each and every company or corporation own- 
ing or controlling or operating a line of railroad across Broadway 
between Cherokee and Main Streets and Okmulgee Avenue be- 
tween Cherokee and Main Streets to employ some suitable person 
to be known as a Flagman to remain at the crossings of said Broad- 
way and Okmulgee Avenues at said points between the hours of 
6 A. M. and 12:00 P. M., for the purpose of. warning anyone ap- 
proaching said crossings of the coming of any cars or train of cars 
by suitable signals to be designed by the railway companies operat- 
ing cars across said streets. 


Section 608. PENALTY. Every railroad company of cor- 
poration, its conductor, engineer, yard-master, or other agent, 
servant or employee, violating any provision of this article shall 
be fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95, and each day such viola- 
tion shall be permitted to continue shall be and constitute a sepa- 
rate offense. 


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273 


CHAPTER XXVI. 


SPREMESPROLTECTION 


Section. 


609. 
610. 
611. 
612. 
613. 


614. 
615. 


616. 


617. 
618. 


619. 
620. 


621. 
622. 


Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance ‘No. 


Ordinance No. 


Ordinance No. 1158. 
Ordinance No... 1216. 


Defining public property. 
What property included. 
Penalty for violation. 
Misdemeanor to build on. 
Misdemeanor to divert 
from present use. 
Misdemeanor to obstruct. 
Each day separate of- 
fense. 

Hauling gravel, etc., 
over streets; manner of 
loading wagons. 

To remove gravel, etc., 
immediately from streets. 
Unlawful to injure any 
public work under con- 
struction. 

Contractor to protect 
same. 

Unlawful to excavate in 
unpaved street without 
permit. 

To secure permit. 
Removal of earth from 


Section. 


623. 
624. 
625, 


626. 
G47: 


628. 
629. 
630. 


631. 


632 


39. 
319. 
360. 
857. 

ing. 
870. 
Wheels. 


Etc. 


Paved Streets—Protection of. 


street, regulating. 

To be made under super- 
vision of City Engineer. 
Ordinance not to affect 
public improvements. 
Misdemeanor to exca- 
vate in street without 
permit. 

Unlawful to lock wheels 
Olle strect: 

Property owner to make 
sewer connections, etc., 
in advance of paving. 
Street cuts, to obtain per- 
mit for making. 

Repairs to cuts and open- 
ings, made by City. 
Unlawful to drive trac- 
tors, etc., over streets 
without permission. 
Shall protect pavement 
from injury by removing 
lugs; ¢€tc 

Penalty. 


Streets—Alleys—Obstruction of. 
Gravel—Hauling Over Streets. 

To Prevent Injury to Pavements, Etc. 
Removal of Earth from Streets—Regulat- 


Locking of 


Protection of Paving, Etc. 
Regulating Driving of Tractors on Paving, 


Section 609. DEFINING PUBLIC PROPERTY. That there 
is now in existence within the corporate limits of the City of Mus- 
kogee, certain streets, alleys, parks, ponds, lakes and other prem- 
ises of whatsoever name or description, that have for years past 
been open to the public, and have been continuously used by the 
public during said time. 


Section 610. WHAT PROPERTY INCLUDED. That all 


274 STREET PROTECTION 


such streets, alleys, parks, ponds, lakes, or other premises of what- 
soever name or description as shall in the future be set aside or 
dedicated to the public use shall be included within the terms of 
this act. 


Section 611. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. That it shall be 
a misdemeanor to do or cause to be done any of the following acts, 
and any person or persons convicted thereof shall be fined in any 
sum not less than $10.00 nor more than $19.95 for the first offense. 


Section 612. MISDEMEANOR TO BUILD ON. To build, 
construct or erect, or cause to be built, constructed or erected any 
fence, enclosure, or building of any kind whatsoever within or upon 
the premises mentioned in first two sections of this article. 


Section 613. MISDEMEANOR TO DIVERT FROM PRES- 
ENT USE. To divert, cause to be diverted or attempt to divert 
from the present use, or from the use hereafter designated by the 
City Council, such of the premises as are mentioned in first two 
sections of this article. 


Section 614. MISDEMEANOR TO OBSTRUCT. To ob- 
struct in any manner, cause to be obstructed, or attempt to ob- 
struct any of the said premises. 


Section 615. EACH DAY SEPARATE OFFENSE. That for 
each day any of the obstructions and divers other offences named 
in the preceding sections shall be continued or pursued, the person 
or persons offending shall be deemed guilty of a new offense and 
shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the foregoing sections. 


(Ordinance 39) 


Section 616. HAULING GRAVEL, ETC., OVER STREETS; 
MANNER OF LOADING WAGONS. That it shall be the duty of 
any person, firm or corporation, by itself, servants or agents or 
employees hauling any gravel or sharp stone over any street paved 
with asphalt or brick or other paved streets within the limits of 
this city, to haul the same in a wagon fitted with a bed which will 
not permit same to fall through, and not to overload so that the 
gravel or sharp stones will be forced over the sides of the wagon. 


Section 617. TO REMOVE GRAVEL, ETC., IMMEDIATE- 
LY FROM STREETS. That it shall be the duty of any person 
hauling any gravel or sharp stones over such streets, in case any 
of it does fall through or over the sides of the bed of the wagon, 
to remove all such gravel or stones immediately from the streets 
So paved. 


Section 618. UNLAWFUL TO INJURE ANY “PUBEIC 
WORK. That it shall be unlawful for any person to walk or drive 
upon or to injure or destroy in any manner any paving, sidewalks, 
sewers, curb, gutter, or other public work of any character or kind 
whatsoever which is or may be under construction in the City of 


STREET PROTECTION 275 


Muskogee or to trespass upon the same in any manner whatever 
until the same shall be thrown open for public use by the author- 
ities of the City. 


secmon 619, / CONTRACTOR) TO; PROTEGE SAME: Any 
contractor or other person constructing any of such public work 
in the City of Muskogee shall protect such work by barriers or 
obstructions, and it shall be unlawful for any person to cross said 
barriers or to remove the same until the said work shall have been 
completed and thrown open by the authorities of the City. 


Section 620. UNLAWFUL TO EXCAVATE IN UNPAVED 
STREET WITHOUT PERMIT. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation, to dig into or excavate, in any 
manner, in any unpaved street or alley in the City of Muskogee, 
or to remove any earth therefrom, without first having obtained a 
permit from the City Engineer authorizing such excavation and 
removal of earth. 


Section 621. TO SECURE PERMIT. Any person, firm or 
corporation desiring to remove any earth from any unpaved street 
or alley in the City of Muskogee, shall first make application, in 
writing, to the City Engineer, specifying the exact location of such 
proposed excavation, the approximate amount of earth to be re- 
moved, and the proposed disposition of such earth, and such person 
in said application shall agree to leave said excavation at the com- 
pletion of the work, in such condition as to be passable for teams 
and vehicles; whereupon, the City Engineer shall issue to the ap- 
plicant a permit specifying the exact location of such excavation, 
the approximate amount of earth to be removed, the proposed dis- 
position of such earth, and a time limit for the completion of the 
work. 


Section 622. REMOVAL OF EARTH FROM STREET; 
REGULATING. No earth shall be removed from any street or 
alley unless the.surface of same is above the elevation of the offi- 
cial grade of such street or alley. 


Section 623. TO BE MADE UNDER SUPERVISION OF 
CITY ENGINEER. All excavations for removal of earth from 
unpaved streets and alleys shall be made under the direction and 
supervision of the City Engineer or Street Superintendent. 


Section 624. NOT TO EFFECT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect excavations for public im- 
provement by employees of the city, or under contracts with the 
city, or for sidewalks built under permits from the city. 


Section 625. MISDEMEANOR TO EXCAVATE IN STREET 
WITHOUT PERMIT. Any person digging into or excavating 
in any unpaved street or alley in the City of Muskogee, or remoy- 
ing earth therefrom, without first having obtained a permit for 


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such excavation and removal of earth, or who, upon completion of 
such work, leaves such street or alley in an impassable condition, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 


Section 626. UNLAWFUL TO-> LOCK WHE ieee 
STREET. That it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle 
to lock the wheels thereof, or any one of them by chains or other 
similar means, in such manner as to prevent the same from revolv- 
ing while in motion on any paved street or alley of the City of 
Muskogee, or to suffer or cause the same to be done. 


Section 627. PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SEWER 
CONNECTIONS, ETC., IN ADVANCE OF PAVING. Upon the 
passage of any legislation providing for the paving or re-paving 
of any street, highway or alley in the City of Muskogee, or before 
the contract is executed or the improvement actually begun the 
City Engineer shall notify every property owner having property 
abutting on such street, highway or alley that upon the expiration 
of a time to be named in the notice, which time shall not be less than 
thirty (30) days from the date of said notice, that the improve- 
ment of said street, highway or alley will be commenced, and warn- 
ing such property owner to obtain permits for, and to complete all 
work that might in any way necessitate the cutting, digging or 
tearing up of the street, alley or highway, or any part thereof, 
after such improvement has been made. Such notices may be 
served personally on the property owner, or known agent, or by 
registered letter, mailed to the last known address of said property 
owner or agent. Actual service of the above mentioned notice shall 
not be construed as a pre-requisite to the validity of the proceed- 
ings under this ordinance. 


Section 628. STREET CUTS; TO OBTAIN PERMIT FOR 
MAKING. That said pavement or repavement, or curb or side- 
walk when thereafter laid, shall in no event be cut, dug or torn 
up in whole or in part, at the instance of, or by any person or cor- 
poration except upon a permit obtained from the City Manager, 
or such person as may be by him authorized to issue same. No 
permit shall be issued until the applicant shall have paid a fee of 
$10.00 per square yard for each cut or opening to be made in the 
street, curb or sidewalk, such opening to be repaired and repaved 
by the City as soon as same can be done. 


Section 629. REPAIRS TO CUTS AND OPENINGS, MADE 
BY CITY. The repairs herein provided shall be made of the same 
material with which the improvement was originally constructed, 
except that in the instance of brick paving in which a sand filler 
was used in the original construction, as asphalt filler shall be used 
in making the repairs. 


section 630. UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE TRACTORS, ETC, 
OVER STREETS WITHOUT PERMISSION. That it Shall@he 


unlawful for any person or persons to drive, pull or move (other- 


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wise than by hauling), upon the paved streets of the City of Mus- 
kogee, Oklahoma, any tractor or engine with lugs, flanges or other 
protruding parts upon the surface of the wheels of same without 
first obtaining written permission from the City Manager or some 
other officer designated by him for such purpose. 


Section 631. SHALL PROTECT PAVEMENT FROM IN- 
JURY BY REMOVING LUGS, ETC. That permission shall not 
be given any person or persons by the City Manager or any other 
officer of the City to drive, pull or move (otherwise than by haul- 
ing), upon the paved streets of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, 
any tractor or engine unless all lugs, flanges, or other protruding 
parts, upon the surface of the wheels of same are first removed, or 
unless a base or board way is laid upon the paved street for the 
wheels of such tractor or engine to run upon so as to keep the 
wheels from coming in contact with the pavement and so as to 
entirely protect the pavement from such wheels. 


Section 632. PENALTY. That any person violating any of 
the provisions of this Chapter shall, upon conviction be punished 
by a fine in any sum not exceeding $19.95, unless a separate and 
special penalty therefor is provided herein. 


CHAPTER XXVII. 
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. 


Section. Section. 

633. Unlawful to drive motor 647. Dazzling lights prohibit- 
vehicle without state li- ed; dimmers required. 
cense tag. 648. Red colored headlight on 

634. Unlawful to drive motor vehicle prohibited. 
vehicle with engine or 649. Use of cut-out prohibited. 
factory number defaced. 650. Accident, participation 

635. All persons to conform to in; duties of drivers, etc. 
and observe rules. 651. Must not allow oil or 

636. Terms defined. gasoline to fall upon 

637. Vehicle defined. street. 

638. Motor vehicle defined. 652. Unlawful to. molest ve- 

639. Horse defined. hicle, change levers, etc., 

640. Driver defined. without consent of owner. 

641. Street defined. 653. Congested District de- 

642. Roadway defined. fined. 

643. Person defined. 654. Streets, pedestrians to 

644. Motor vehicles to carry cross at intersections. 
lighted lamps. 655. Drivers to give signals 

645. Hacks, etc., to carry when turning into inter- 
lamps. sections, etc. 

646. No vehicle to be left in 656. Turn to left; driver shall 
street without displaying ° pass beyond center of 


lights. street. 


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Section. Section. 

657. Turn to right; driver to 679. Vehicle to give place to 
pass close to curb. another, when. 

658. Age limit of drivers. 680. Designating hours for 

659. Not to cause delay in receiving or discharging 
traffic. To avoid noise freight, etG. 
from improper loading. 681. Not to obstruct street 

660. Unlawful for more than. crossing. 
one person to ride upon 682. Unlawful to ride or drive 
motorcycle. on sidewalk. 

661. Unlawful to drive vehicle 683. Vehicle not to be left 
over ten feet in width. standing in front of 

662. No motor. vehicle to be theatre, etc. 
left with machinery in 684. Taxi-cabs, etc., to be 
motion. controlled in use of 

663. Designating vehicles “stands” by Chief of Po- 
which have right-of-way. lice. 

664. Unlawful to interfere 685. Time vehicle allowed to 
with certain vehicles. stand in front of place of 

665. Fire apparatus; vehicles business of another. ; 
to draw up to curb on 686. Shall not drive abreast of 
approach of. another. 

666. Driver of street car to 687. Shall give signals when 
stop on approach of fire approaching a _ crossing 
apparatus. or when rounding a 

667. Street cars to have curve or corner. 
right-of-way when. 688. Shall be equipped with 

668. Vehicle approaching brakes and suitable sig- 
from right to have right- nal, 
of-way. Certain vehicles 689. Unlawful to operate 
to have right-of-way. “siren.” 

669. Driver to turn out clear 690. Shall drive in careful 
of street car on signal. manner. 

670. Vehicles to keep to the 691. Shall not drive recklessly. 
right of center of street. 692. Shall not allow vehicle to 

671. Vehicle meeting another come within 10 feet of 
to pass to right. vehicle in front. 

672. Vehicle overtaking an- 693. Unlawful to participate 
other to pass to left. in speed contest on 

673. Shall not obstruct pas- street. 
sage of such vehicle. 694. Shall not operate vehicle 

674. Slow-moving vehicles to in reckless manner; rates 
keep close to curb. of speed allowed. 

675. Vehicles to turn only at 695. Unlawful to pass street 
intersections. car taking on passengers, 

676. Not to stop with left etc., except where safety 
side to curb. .zones are established. 

677. Manner of parking. 696. Horse shall be unhitched 

678. Not to interfere with * from wagon when left 


passage of other vehicles. 


standing on street. 


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Section. 


697. 


698. 


699. 


700. 


401. 


702. 


AVES 
704. 
705. 


706. 


707. 


708. 


Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 


Ordinance ‘No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 
Ordinance No. 


Section 633. UNLAWFUL TO 


Shall not cease holding 
reins of horse when 
driving. 

No animal shall be left 
unhitched on street; or 
within 15 feet of fire 
plug. 

Shall not turn any dom- 
estic animal loose in pub- 
lic place. 

Shall not jump or ride 
upon vehicle in motion, 
except upon consent of 
driver. 

Unlawful to annoy or 
harass drivers of ve- 
hicles, etc. 

Unlawful to place any 
nails, glass, etc., on 
street. 

Authority given to Police 
to mark off safety zones. 
Vehicles shall not drive 
into safety zones, etc. 
Streets adjacent to 
schools and hospitals to 
constitute safety or quiet 
zones. 

Shall not operate at 
greater speed than eight 
miles in safety zones. 
Shall not operate vehicle 
to make loud or unusual 
noise. 

Board of Education to 
erect proper signs. 


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Section. 


709. 


710. 


Zbl: 
ate 


AAT 
718. 


ANS) 
720. 


Unlawful to repair, etc., 
motor vehicle within 300 
feet of school or hospital. 
Duty of Police Depart- 
ment to enforce provi- 
sions of ordinance. 
Drivers to comply with 
signals of police officers. 
Hydrants. 

To park properly. Park- 
ing regulations, certain 
streetsae. (sub {ectato 
change by order of Chiet 
of Police). 


. Manner of parking near 


Katy right-of-way. 


. Unlawful to park within 


certain limits any bag- 
gage wagon, etc. 


. Unlawful to stand tax, 


etc., within certain lim- 


its. 


. Unlawful for person 


operating taxi, etc., to 
stand on sidewalk and 
solicit business adjacent 
to such restricted loca- 
tion. 

Unlawful to attach to ve- 
hicle on street. 
Unlawful to leave ve- 
hicles on certain streets. 
Penalty for violation. 
Vehicles to be brought to 
stop before entering 
Broadway or Okmulgee. 


(2 leeiena live 
837. Misdemeanor to Attach to Vehicle. 
1111. Prohibiting Running Motor Vehicle Without 
State Tag, Engine Number Erased, Etc. 
1136. Parking Regulations—M. K. & T. Ry. Co. 
1152. General Traffic Regulations. 
1257. Amending No 1152. 
1268. Amending No. 1152. 
1186. Amending No. 1152. 


DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLE 


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WITHOUT STATE LICENSE TAG. That it shall be unlawful 
for any person to drive through the streets of the City of Musko- 
gee any motor vehicle without having a legal state license tag dis- 
played on the rear of such vehicle, securely fastened so as to pre- 
vent the same from swinging. 


Section 634. UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLE 
WITH ENGINE OR FACTORY NUMBER DEFACED. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to drive through the streets of the 
City of Muskogee any motor vehicle with an engine on which the 
factory number is erased or defaced. 


Section 635. ALL PERSONS TO CONFORM TO AND OB- 
SERVE RULES. The owner, operator, driver or person in charge 
of any cart, dray, wagon, hackney-coach, omnibus, automobile, 
street car, taxicab, carriage, buggy, motorcycle, bicycle, tricycle, 
motor tricycle or other vehicle used, propelled or driven in or upon 
any of the streets of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and also all 
pedestrians using the streets, shall conform to and observe the 
rules and regulations set forth and contained in the following sec- 
tions of this article. 


Section 636. TERMS DEFINED. The following terms, 
whenever used herein, except as otherwise specifically indicated, 
shall be defined to have, and shall be held to include each of the 
meanings herein below set forth, and any such term used in the 
singular number shall be held to include the plural. 


Section 637. VEHICLE DEFINED. The word “vehicle” in- 
cludes every wagon, carriage, omnibus, sleigh, push-cart, auto- 
mobile, motorcycle, bicycle, tricycle and other conveyance in what- 
ever manner driven or propelled (but street cars shall be included 
only when specially mentioned), and every draft or riding animal, — 
whether driven, ridden or led. An animal or animals attached to 
any vehicle shall, with such vehicle, constitute one vehicle. 


Section 638. MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED. The word 
“motor vehicle” includes all types and grades of self-propelled 
vehicles not running on tracks or rails, whether commonly known 
as automobiles, locomotives, motorcycles or otherwise. 


Section 639. HORSE DEFINED. The word “horse” includes 
every domestic animal used for draft, riding or driving purposes. 


Section 640. DRIVER DEFINED. The word “driver” in- 
cludes the rider or driver of a horse, the rider of a bicycle, and the 
operator of any motor vehicle, street car or other vehicle. 


Section 641. STREET DEFINED. The word “street” in- 
cludes every avenue, boulevard, highway, cart-way, lane, alley, 
path, square, bridge, viaduct, subway and every other place used 
by or laid out for the use of vehicles. 


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Section 642, ROADWAY DEFINED. The word “roadway” 
is that part of the street, highway, bridge or viaduct between the 
curb lines thereof designated for the use of vehicles. 


Section 643. PERSON DEFINED. The word “person” shall 


include all individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. 


Section 644. MOTOR VEHICLES TO CARRY LIGHTED 
LAMPS. That every motor vehicle (except motorcycles and mo- 
tor-tricycles) shall carry during the period from one hour after 
sunset to one hour before sunrise, at least two lighted lamps show- 
ing white lights visible at least two hundred (200) feet in direction 
towards which such motor vehicle is proceeding and shall also ex- 
hibit at least one lighted lamp visible in the reverse direction show- 
ing a red light to the rear, and one white light so placed that the 
registration number plate may be clearly read and shown at a dis- 
tance of one hundred feet. 


Every bicycle, motorcycle and motor-tricycle shall display dur- 
ing said period a bright light on the front of such vehicle. 


Section 645. HACKS, ETC., TO CARRY LAMPS. On every 
hack, carriage or cabriolet used for hire when driven on the streets 
during the period aforesaid, shall be fixed on either side thereof, in 
a conspicuous place, two lighted lamps, with plain glass front and 
with plain glass on the outer side, on which shall be painted in leg- 
ible figures at least one inch long the license number thereof. 


Section 646. NO VEHICLE TO BE LEFT IN STREET 
WITHOUT DISPLAYING LIGHTS. No vehicle shall be left 
standing in a street or other public place at night without showing 
lights so displayed thereon as to be visible from any direction. 


Section 647. DAZZLING LIGHTS PROHIBITED; DIM- 
MERS REQUIRED. All persons, firms or corporations operating 
or driving an automobile, street car or other vehicle equipped with 
a brilliant or dazzling light or lights, commonly known as head- 
lights or front lights, when such lights are being used, shall have 
installed and shall maintain an adjustment or fixture over or upon 
such light or lights which adjustment or fixtures shall be a hood 
made of metal, leather or other suitable material and so arranged 
and attached over such light or lights that the direct rays from 
such light or lights when burning shall not be reflected or thrown 
directly in front of such light horizontally above five feet on a 
level plane measured forty feet from such light or lights, or shall 
have and maintain in working order a device commonly known as 
“dimmers,” or some other practical device which shall be so ar- 
ranged, equipped and connected to said light or lights that such 
device arrests the brilliancy of such light or lights to the extent 
that they are not dazzling. 


It shall be the duty of any and all persons using or operating 
any motor vehicle or street car equipped with headlights upon 


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which proper safeguards or devices have not been installed in com- 
pliance with this ordinance to install the same within five days 
after the passage and publication of this ordinance. 


Section 648. RED COLORED HEADLIGHTS ON VEHICLE 
PROHIBITED. No self-propelled vehicle shall have installed 
thereon while the same is being operated any red colored head- 
light. 


Section 649. USE OF CUT-OUT PROHIBITED. No “muf- 
fler cut-out” shall be used on any motor vehicle while operated upon — 
any public street or public place of the City of Muskogee, and no 
motor vehicle with an “explosive” type of engine shall be placed or 
used upon any public street or public place of the City of Muskogee, 
unless the exhaust from such engine is muffled by a suitable and 
efficient exhaust muffler. | 


Section 650. ACCIDENT, PARTICIPATION IN) DU TiEs 
OF DRIVERS, ETC. ‘That the driver of any vehicle and the mo- 
torman or conductor of a street car, who, in the operation of such 
vehicle or street car, has participated in an accident by collision 
or otherwise, or has injured any person, horse or mule, shall forth- 
with bring his vehicle or street car to a stop, and shall give to any 
person demanding the same the registration number of his vehicle, 
or the number of such street car, together with his name and ad- 
dress, and the driver of such vehicle shall also give the name and 
address of each and every occupant of the vehicle driven by him, 
and after affording every reasonable assistance to any injured per- 
son or animal, the driver of such vehicle and motorman or conduc- 
tor of any such street car, shall at once report such accident in 
person, or by telephone or messenger to the Police Headquarters 
of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 651. MUST NOT ALLOW OIL OR GASOLINE TO 
FALL UPON STREET. No motor vehicle shall be placed or used 
upon any public street or public place within the City of Muskogee, 
unless the same is so constructed, equipped and operated that no 
oil or gasoline can escape therefrom and fall upon such public 
street or public place. 


Section 652. UNLAWFUL TO. MOLEST V:i. i tee 
CHANGE LEVERS, ETC., WITHOUT CONSENT OF OWNER. 
That no person shall without the consent of the owner or person 
in charge thereof, change the position of the levers, switches or 
other parts of any motor vehicle or in any way injure, tamper with 
or molest any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon any public 
street or public place of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 653. CONGESTED DISTRICT DEFINED. That 
the term “congested” district as used in this article shall include 
all the following portions of the following streets, to-wit: 


Court Street from Main Street to Fifth Street; 


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Broadway Street from C Street to Sixth Street; 
Okmulgee Avenue from C Street to Sixth Street; 


Main Street from Commercial Street to Midland Valley 
Railroad tracks; 


Second Street from Commercial Street to Midland Valley 
Railroad tracks; 


Third Street from Commercial Street to Midland Valley 
Railroad tracks; 


Fourth Street from Commercial Street to Midland Valley 
Railroad tracks; 


Callahan Street from C Street to Cherokee Street; 


Cherokee Street from Callahan Street to Okmulgee 
Avenue; 


Wall, Lombard and State Streets and Fifth Street from 
Court Street to Okmulgee Avenue. 


Section 654. STREETS, PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AT 
INTERSECTIONS. The roadways of streets and other highways 
are primarily intended for vehicles; but pedestrians have the right 
to cross them at intersections in safety, and all drivers of vehicles, 
including street cars, shall in congested districts exercise all proper 
care not to injure pedestrians. 


Pedestrians when crossing a street shall not carelessly or ma- 
liciously interfere with the passage of vehicles. 


Pedestrians shall not walk across streets except at crossings 
and crossing any street at the intersectionn thereof with another 
street within the congested district shall pass over such portion 
of the street as is included within the lines of the sidewalk pro- 
jected, and not diagonally. 


Section 655. DRIVERS TO GIVE SIGNALS WHEN TURN- 
ING INTO INTERSECTIONS. No vehicle as defined hereinabove 
shall be turned either to the right or to the left by the person in 
charge of such vehicle, into an intersecting street unless a signal 
of his intention to turn shall previously be given by such person in 
charge of such vehicle by a wave of the hand indicating the direc- 
tion such person intends to turn; and provided further, that in the 
congested districts of said City as defined in this article, any person 
in charge of such vehicle approaching a street intersection where 
any traffic officer is stationed on duty directing the orderly pro- 
cedure of pedestrians and vehicles across such street intersection, 
shall indicate to the officer by a wave of the right hand when such 
person is intending to turn to the right, and shall indicate to such 
traffic officer by a wave of his left hand when intending to turn 
to the left. 

No person in charge of a vehicle shall proceed into a street 


intersection where a traffic officer is directing traffic until a sig- 
nal has been given to such person in charge of such vehicle by the 


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traffic officer to proceed, and no person in charge of such vehicle " 
shall turn to the left at such street intersection until the traffic 
officer has indicated that permission is given by him to such per- 
son in charge of such vehicle to proceed. No person in charge of 
any vehicle intending.to turn around at a street intersection where 
a traffic officer is in charge and directing traffic, shall proceed to 
turn unless a wave of the left hand is given the traffic officer 
after his attention has been called by the sound of a horn or some 
other instrument or device, and until the officer’s attention is ob- 
tained by such person in charge of such vehicle, which signal shall 
be made by the person in charge waving his hand in a circular 
manner. 


Section 656. TURN TO LEFT -DRIVER SHALD PASS BE 
YOND CENTER OF STREET. A vehicle when turning to the 
left into another street shall pass to the right of and beyond the 
center of the intersecting street before turning. 


Section 657. TURN TO RIGHT; DRIVER TO PASS CLOSE 
TO CURB.. A vehicle turning to the right into another street 
shall turn the corner as near to the right hand curb as possible. 


Vehicles crossing from one side of the street to the other shall 
do so by turning to the left so as to head in the same direction as 
the traffic is on that side of the street. 


Section 658. AGE LIMIT OF DRIVERS. No person shall 
drive or operate any wagon, carriage, omnibus, or any other ve- 
hicle drawn by more than two horses or other animals, or any 
automobile or motorcycle, or street car, who is less than sixteen 
(16) years of age. 

Any person, firm or corporation owning or operating any auto- 
mobile in the City of Muskogee, who allows or suffers any vehicle, 
automobile, motorcycle, or street car to be driven or operated by 
any person less than sixteen (16) years of age, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun- 
ished as hereinafter provided. 


section 659. NOT TO CAUSE DELAY IN TRAP IGS 
AVOID NOISE FROM IMPROPER LOADING. No person shall 
drive or conduct any vehicle in such a condition or so constructed, 
or so loaded as to be likely to cause delay in traffic or accident 
or injury to man, beast or property. 


No person shall drive a vehicle loaded with iron or other ma- 
terial likely to produce a great annoying sound without using prop- 
er deafening substances to muffle such sounds. 


Section 660. UNLAWFUL FOR MORE THAN ONE PER- 
SON TO RIDE ON MOTORCYCLE. It shall be unlawful for 
more than one person to ride upon any motorcycle, bicycle, or other 
two-wheeled conveyance within the congested district of said City, 
as defined by this article. 


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Section 661. UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER 
TEN FEET IN WIDTH. No person shall drive or convey through 
any public street any vehicle the width of which, with its load, ex- 
ceeds ten feet, except in accordance with a permit from the City 
Manager. 


Section 662. NO MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE LEFT WITH 
MACHINERY IN MOTION. No motor vehicle shall be left stand- 
ing in any street with its machinery in motion, unless some per- 
son over the age of sixteen (16) years be left in charge thereof. 


Section 663. DESIGNATING VEHICLES WHICH HAVE 
RIGHT-OF-WAY. Vehicles of the Police and Fire Departments 
of the City of Muskogee, and underwriters’ salvage corps, emer- 
gency repair vehicles of street railways and public lighting com- 
panies, United States mail vehicles and ambulances shall have the 
right-of-way in any street and through any procession, when in 
the regular course of their duty. No vehicle other than those in 
this Section mentioned shall be driven through a procession, ex- 
cept with the permission of a police officer. 


Section 664. UNLAWFUL TO INTERFERE WITH CER- 
TAIN VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful for any person to inter- 
fere with any vehicle named in the section above when the same 
are in the regular course of their duty. 


Section 665. FIRE APPARATUS; VEHICLES TO DRAW 
UP TO CURB ON APPROACH OF. Upon the approach of any 
fire apparatus, every vehicle shall immediately draw up as near as 
practicable to the right hand curb of the street and parallel thereto 
and remain at a standstill until such fire apparatus shall have 
passed. 


Section 666. DRIVER OF STREET CAR TO STOP ON AP- 
PROACH OF FIRE, APPARATUS. The driver of a street car 
shall immediately stop his car and keep it stationary upon the ap- 
proach of any fire apparatus. 


Section 667. STREET CARS TO HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY, 
WHEN. Subject to the provisions of Sections 663 to 666 of this 
Ordinance, inclusive, street cars shall have the right-of-way over 
all vehicles, and street cars traveling in an easterly or westerly 
direction shall have the right-of-way over all street cars traveling 
in a northerly or southerly direction. 


Section 668. VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM RIGHT 
TO HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY. CERTAIN VEHICLES TO HAVE 
RIGHT-OF-WAY. At intersecting roads or streets, vehicles ap- 
proaching from the right shall have right-of-way over those ap- 
proaching from the left, except as provided in Section 720. United 
States mail, fire apparatus, ambulances, police patrols, and vehicles 
of physicians when so designated, shall have right-of-way in any 


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street or road and through any procession. 


Section 669. DRIVER TO TURN OUT CLEAR OF STREET | 
CAR ON SIGNAL. The driver or person in control of any vehicle 
upon, a track in front of a street car, shall turn out clear of the 
track, upon a signal from the motorman or conductor of such street 
car, and as promptly as the condition of the street will permit. 


Section 670. VEHICLES TO KEEP TO THE RIGHT OF 
CENTER OF STREET. Every person using a vehicle on any 
street in the City of Muskogee shall operate, drive or ride such 
vehicle on the portion of the roadway to the right of the center 
thereof, except where the right side of the roadway is in such con- 
dition as to be impassable or unsafe. Provided, that on a street 
which is divided longitudinally by any parkway, walk, sunken way 
or viaduct, vehicles shall keep to the right of such sub-division. 


Section 671. VEHICLE MEETING ANOTHER TO PASS 
TO RIGHT. A vehicle meeting another vehicle or street car shall 
pass on the right. 


Section 672. -VEHICLE OVERTAKING ANOTHER 
PASS TO LEFT. A vehicle overtaking another vehicle shall pass 
on the left side of the overtaken vehicle, and not pull over to the 
right side until entirely clear of such vehicle; nor shall a vehicle 
attempt to pass another vehicle unless there is a clear way of at 
least 100 feet in advance thereof on the left. 


Section 673. SHALL NOT OBSTRUCT PASSAGE OF SUE 
VEHICLE. When a vehicle attempts to overtake another vehicle 
the latter shall not intentionally block or obstruct such passage, 
but shall turn to the right as far as possible when necessary to 
give such passage. 


Section 674. SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES TO KEEP 
CLOSE TO CURB. Vehicles moving slowly shall keep as close 
as possible to the curb on the right, allowing more swiftly moving 
vehicles free passage to their left. 


Section 675... VEHICLES TO'TURN' ONLY ATINTERRSEe 
TIONS. No vehicle shall be turned around upon any street within 
the congested district unless such vehicle shall first proceed to the 
next cross street and shall then make the turn to the left, after 
reaching the center of said cross street. 


Section 6/6. NOT TO STOP WITH LEFT SIDE [TO Gia 
No vehicle shall stop with its left side to the curb within the con- 
gested district. 


Section 677. MANNER OF PARKING. Within the congest- 
ed district, all vehicles shall, when allowed to stand upon the 
streets, be so placed that one of the wheels on the side of the ve- 
hicle nearest the curb shall be against or approximately against 


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the curb and the other wheel on the side of the vehicle nearest the 
curb shall not be more than 6 feet from the curb, and in no case 
shall any vehicle be left standing in such a position as to come in 
contact with or obstruct the egress of any vehicle already stand- 
ing in the street. Other parking regulations are subject to the 
orders of the Chief of Police of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 678. NOT TO INTERFERE WITH PASSAGE OF 
OTHER VEHICLES. No vehicle or street car shall so occupy 
any street as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other 
cars or vehicles. 


section 6/9. VEHICLE TO GIVE PLACE TO ANOTHER, 
WHEN. A vehicle waiting at the curb shall promptly give place 
to a vehicle about to take on or let off passengers or freight. 


Section 680. DESIGNATING HOURS FOR RECEIVING 
AND DISCHARGING FREIGHT, ETC. No vehicle shall remain 
upon any public street for the purpose of receiving or discharging 
freight between the hours of nine o’clock a. m. and seven o’clock 
p. m., if there is a public alley which has connection with the prem- 
ises where said freight is to be delivered or received and such de- 
livery or receipt is practicable through such alley. 


A vehicle hauling freight shall remain backed up to a curb 
only long enough to be loaded or unloaded. 


Horses attached to vehicles and the shafts or tongues of un- 
hitched vehicles when backed up to the curb, shall be turned to 
head in the direction of travel, at right angles to such vehicle or as 
nearly said angle as possible. 


When taking up or discharging freight or passengers vehicles 
within the congested district shall so far as practicable be headed 
in the direction of traffic on the right side of the roadway. So far 
as practicable, freight, coal and ice wagons and other heavy traffic 
wagons shall be unloaded from the right side or the end of the 
wagon, and shall be drawn in close to the curb when unloading. 


Section 681. NOT TO OBSTRUCT STREET CROSSINGS. 
No vehicle or street car shall stop or stand within a street inter- 
section, or so as to obstruct a street crossing. No vehicle shall 
stop or stand in any street or other public place except near the 
curb thereof. 


Section 682. UNLAWFUL TO RIDE OR DRIVE ON SIDE- 
WALK. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive on any 
sidewalk of the City or to stop any vehicle or animal on any cross- 
ing or cross walk of the City or to leave the same standing on or 
across the said crossing or cross walk of the City or to ride or use 
any bicycle, velocipede or similar vehicle on any sidewalk in the 
City of Muskogee. 


Section 683. VEHICLE NOT TO BE LEFT STANDING IN 
FRONT OF THEATRE. No vehicle shall be left standing in front 


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of the entrance to any theatre or church, or any public place or of- 
fice building more than three stories high; nor within fifteen feet 
of either side of the entrance to any such building; except when 
taking on or discharging passengers or freight and then only for 
such length of time as is necessary for such purpose. 


Section 684. TAXI-CABS, ETC., TO BE CONTROLLED IN 
USE OF “STANDS” BY CHIEF OF POLICE. The proprietors 
and drivers of all cabs, taxicabs and other vehicles used in the 
transporting of passengers or freight for hire, shall in the choice 
and use of “stands” upon the streets of the City of Muskogee, be 
controlled by the directions of the Chief of Police, and no such ve- 
hicle shall make a “stand” in front of any residence or place of 
business of any person without the consent of such person. 


Section 685. TIME VEHICLE ALLOWED TO }Siniia 
FRONT OF PLACE OF BUSINESS OF ANOTHER. No vehicle 
shall be allowed to stand in front of the place of business of any 
person for a greater period than one-half hour, against the protest 
of such person or after the driver or other person in charge thereof 
has been requested by the owner or manager of such business to 
move such vehicle. : 


Section 686. SHALL NOT DRIVE ABREAST OF AN- 
OTHER. A person having charge of a vehicle shall not stop or 
drive the same in a street abreast of another vehicle standing 
lengthwise of the street, or proceeding thereon, except in case of 
emergency. 


Section 687. SHALL GIVE SIGNALS WHEN APPROACH- 
ING A CROSSING OR WHEN ROUNDING A CURVE OR COR- 
NER. Drivers of street cars and all motor vehicles of all kinds, 
shall when approaching a crossing, and when rounding a curve or 
corner on a public street, sound their signals in such a way as to 
give warning to the other vehicles and to pedestrians of their 
approach. 


Section 688. SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH BRAKES AND 
SUITABLE SIGNAL. Every bicycle, motor vehicle, street car, 
engine and machine in use upon the streets of the City of Mus- 
kogee, shall be equipped with good and sufficient brakes and with 
a suitable gong, bell, horn or other adequate signal in good working 
order and of the proper size and character sufficient to give warn- 
ing of the approach of such bicycle, motor vehicle, street car, en- 
gine or machine to pedestrians, and to riders and drivers of other 
vehicles, and to persons entering or leaving street cars; but such 
gongs, bells, horns and other signals shall not be sounded except 
when necessary to give warning. 


Section 689. UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE “SIREN? aie 
shall be unlawful to use or operate upon any vehicle, street car, en- 
gine or machine in any street or other place in the City of Mus- 


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kogee, any “siren” or “sireno” or any gong, bell, horn or other sig- 
nal which produces a sound unusually loud or annoying or of a 
distressing character, or such as will frighten pedestrians or ani- 
mals. Provided, that this Section shall not apply to vehicles be- 
longing to the fire or police department of the City of Muskogee, 
or to ambulances, or vehicles required to respond to alarms of fire 
or other emergency calls. 


Section 690. SHALL DRIVE IN CAREFUL MANNER. 
Every vehicle and street car shall be driven in a careful manner 
and with due regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians 
and all other vehicles and street cars. 


Section 691. SHALL NOT DRIVE RECKLESSLY. No per- 
son shall wilfully or recklessly ride, drive or cause to be ridden or 
driven any vehicle or street car in any such manner as to come in 
collision with or strike any other vehicle, object or person upon the 
street or any other public place. 


mection,092. soHALE NOT ALLOW-VEHICLE. FO: COME 
WITHIN 10 FEET OF VEHICLE IN FRONT. -No person having 
charge of a vehicle shall allow the same to come within ten (10) 
feet of any vehicle in front of him, when approaching and passing 
over a crossing or when a pedestrian is about to pass. 


Section 693. UNLAWFUL TO PARTICIPATE IN SPEED 
CONTESTS ON STREET. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to participate in any race or speed contest of any character upon 
any street in the City of Muskogee. 


Section 694. SHALL NOT OPERATE VEHICLE IN RECK- 
LESS MANNER; RATES OF SPEED ALLOWED. It shall be 
unlawful for any person, driving or riding any horse or bicycle or 
other vehicle, or operating or driving any motorcycle, motor-tri- 
cycle or other motor vehicle of any character, or any street car, 
to drive, ride or operate the same upon any public street, or any 
public place in a reckless or imprudent manner, or in such a man- 
ner or at such a rate of speed, as to endanger the property, life or 
limb of any other person. 


Provided, that driving in excess of the following rates of 
speed for a distance of more than two hundred feet shall be pre- 
sumptive evidence of driving at a rate of speed which is not care- 
ful and prudent, but is reckless, to-wit: 


Fifteen (15) miles per hour on the streets specified in this 
article, as the “congested” district ; 


Twenty (20) miles per hour upon all streets within the 
limits of the City of Muskogee, and without the said congest- 
ed district thereof. 


Provided, further, that in passing any street intersection, 
crossing or cross walk within the limits of the City of Muskogee, 


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the rate of speed for driving shall not exceed ten miles per hour 
when any person or vehicle is upon said intersection, crossing or 
cross walk with whom or with which there is or may be danger 
of collision, and in no event shall such rate of speed at a street 
intersection, crossing or cross walk exceed fifteen (15) miles per 
hour, and the driver of any motor vehicle when passing any street 
intersection, crossing or cross walk, shall at all times have his 
machine under control so that the same may be stopped quickly 
in case of emergency, provided, further, that it shall be unlawful 
for any person to operate or drive any motor vehicle of any char- 
acter or any street car or any other vehicle while in an intoxicated 
condition or under influence of intoxicants. 


Section 695. UNLAWFUL TO PASS STREET: CARR] ies 
ING ON PASSENGERS, ETC., EXCEPT WHERE SAFETY 
ZONES ARE ESTABLISHED. Any person in charge of any ve- 
hicle traveling upon any street in the same direction in which any 
street car may be proceeding or headed, and approaching such 
street car when such street car has stopped or is about to stop for 
the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, shall stop the 
vehicle of which such person is in charge at least eight (8) feet to 
the rear of such street car, and shall not proceed by such street 
car until all persons boarding or alighting from such street car 
shall have boarded such car or proceeded from that portion of the 
street between such street car and the curb to the right thereof. 


Provided, that the provisions hereof shall not impose any 
obligation or duty upon any person in charge of a vehicle to en- 
tirely stop such vehicle at any intersection of streets where safety 
zones are established and marked off. Provided, however, that all 
persons in charge of any vehicle at such intersections shall slow 
down to a safe rate of speed not exceeding six (6) miles per hour. 


Section 696. HORSES SHALL BE UNHITCHED FROM 
WAGON LEFT STANDING ON STREET. No person shall in 
any street or other public place remove any material part of a 
horse-drawn vehicle, or any material part of the harness of a horse 
without first unhitching the horse, or horses, attached to such 
vehicle. 


No horse shall be unbitted in any street or other public place 
unless secured by a halter. 


Section 697. SHALL NOT CEASE HOLDING REINS OF 
HORSE WHEN DRIVING. No person when driving a vehicle 
with a horse or horses attached thereto, shall cease from holding 
the reins in his hand, to guide and restrain the same nor when not 
riding cease from walking by the head of the shaft or wheel horse, 
either holding or keeping within reach of the bridle or halter 
thereof. 


Section 698. NO ANIMAL SHALL BE LEFT UNHITCHED 
ON STREET, OR WITHIN 15 FEET OF FIRE PLUG. No horse, 


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mule or other animal used for riding, driving or draft shall be per- 
mitted to stand upon any portion of any street or other public 
place, unless the driver thereof is in charge of and accompanies 
the same, or unless such animal be securely hitched to a hitch 
weight or hitching post, and no vehicle, horse, mule or other ani- 
mal used for riding, driving or draft shall be permitted to stand 
upon any street or other public place to the obstruction of the 
same, or to the inconvenience of travel, or within fifteen (15) feet 
of any fire plug or fire hydrant of the City of Muskogee. 


pecnom 0297.5 SHALE NOT TURN DOMESTIC ANIMAT, 
LOOSE IN PUBLIC PLACE. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son after working, riding or driving any domestic animal to turn 
the same loose on any street or other public place. 


Hecuion: /00. SHALL INOLT JUMP OR RIDE UPON VE- 
FHC. IN MOTION, EXCEPT UPON CONSENT OF DRIVER. 
No person shall jump, climb, ride upon or cling to any vehicle or 
street car while in motion, without the consent of the driver there- 
of. . 


Section 701. UNLAWFUL TO ANNOY OR HARASS DRIV- 
ERS OF VEHICLES, ETC. It shall be unlawful for any person 
in or upon the roadway of any street, alley or public thoroughfare, 
designed for the use of vehicles, to slide or coast upon any hand 
sled, wagon, cart or skates, or to jump at, towards or in front of 
any vehicle, while the same is in motion, with intent to annoy or 
harass the driver or occupants of such vehicle; or to throw or 
shoot any stick, stone or other missile at any such vehicle or the 
occupants thereof or to engage in any sport or exercise likely to 
scare horses or embarrass, obstruct or interfere with the passengers 
of vehicles or with pedestrians. 


Section 702.. UNLAWFUL TO PLACE ANY NAILS, GLASS, 
ETC., ON STREET. It shall be unlawful for any person to put 
or place or cause to be placed in or upon any street or other public 
thoroughfare any scrap iron, nails, tacks, glass, sticks, hoops or 
other articles which are or may be liable to injure or damage per- 
sons, horses or vehicles. 


Section 703. AUTHORITY GIVEN TO POLICE TO MARK 
OFF SAFETY ZONES. Authority is hereby given to the Chief 
of Police or the Traffic Officer of said City to mark off and main- 
tain safety zones on Main Street between Broadway and Court 
Street; on Second Street between Broadway and Court Street; on 
Third Street between Okmulgee Avenue and Court Street; on 
Court Street between Main and Third Streets; on Broadway be- 
tween Main and Sixth Streets; on Okmulgee Avenue between 
Third and Sixth Streets. Said safety zones shall be marked off — 
and established at the street intersections within the limits above 
mentioned, along and parallel to the street car lines on said street 
intersections and shall be of suitable length along said street car 


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line, not to exceed 75 feet from the center of the street intersec- 
tion and shall be in width from the outer rail of said street car line 
not to exceed 10 feet, and shall be so marked and designated by 
lines properly drawn and visible, and by proper signs erected or 
set up at the street intersections. 


Section 704. VEHICLES SHALL NOT DRIVE INTO SAFE- 
TY ZONES, ETC. No operator of any vehicle shall drive into such 
safety zone, but shall keep to the right of same near the curb or 
in turning shall keep to the right of same. Provided, said safety 
zones shall not be marked at any street intersection on the street 
car lines, nor intersect each other in such a manner that not less 
than 15 feet shall remain outside of said safety zone for the use 
of vehicles. When said safety zones are properly marked off by 
the Chief of Police or Traffic Officer of said City no person shall 
stop on nor allow to stand, any vehicle between the limits of said 
safety zone and the curb, except in case of emergency, but persons 
in charge of vehicles shall proceed near the right hand curb and 
continue moving until without the confines of said safety zones, 
except in case of extreme emergency. 


Under no circumstances ‘shall any parking be permitted or al- 
lowed in safety zones, and it shall be an offense to park any vehicle 
named in this Ordinance within the confines or limits of said safety 
zone. 


Section 705. STREETS ADJACENT "1O* SCHOO R= a. 
HOSPITALS TO’ CONSTITUTE "SAFETY OR’ OUIRA 72 Ghee 
That all streets within the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, parallel 
and adjacent to any lot or block on which is any building used as a 
public school or hospital shall be and constitute a zone known as 
and defined as a safety zone. Provided, only that portion of such 
street abutting the City block in which such school or hospital is 
located, together with its cross street intersections, shall be in- 
cluded wihin said zone. 


Section 706. SHALL NOT OPERATE AT GR ia. 
SPEED THAN 8 MILES IN SAFETY ZONES. It is hereby de- 
clared to be unlawful for any person to ride, drive or operate any 
vehicle as defined in this article in any safety zone as defined here- 
_in at a greater rate of speed than eight (8) miles per hour, or to 
ride, drive or operate any such vehicle in any such zone in a reck- 
less or careless manner. 


Section 707. SHALL NOT OPERATE VEHICLE TOs as 
LOUD OR UNUSUAL NOISE. It shall be and is hereby declared 
to be unlawful for any person to operate, ride or drive any vehicle 
as defined herein in such manner or under such circumstances that 
a loud and unusual amount of noise is created thereby. 


Section 708. BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ERECT 
PROPER SIGNS. That the Board of Education of the City of 


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Muskogee is hereby authorized to erect and maintain at each cor- 
ner of the zones defined in Section 705 hereof, and at a place which 
will interfere as little as possible with traffic, signs bearing in 
large plain lettering the words: “School Caution,” “Drive Slow,” 
or, “Hospital Caution,” “Drive Slow.” Provided that the City Man- 
ager of said City shall be notified before the Board of Education | 
erects said signs and his consent be obtained for the erection and 
maintenance of such signs. 


Section 709. UNLAWFUL TO REPAIR, ETC., MOTOR VE- 
Picer WLIHIN 300} FEET OF SCHOOL OR HOSPITAL... It 
shall be unlawful for any person to repair, work upon, adjust, run, 
or operate any motor vehicle or any vehicle that has an explosive 
type of engine for its motive power within three hundred (300) 
feet of any public school or hospital within said City in such a man- 
ner that a loud noise is thereby created. 


Section 710. DUTY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EN- 
FORCE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE. DRIVERS TO COM- 
PLY WITH SIGNALS OF POLICE OFFICERS. It shall be the 
duty of the Police Department of the City of Muskogee to enforce 
all of the provisions and requirements of this Ordinance, and,to 
that end every person driving, operating or propelling any vehicle 
or street car, shall at all times, comply with any direction, by voice 
or hand, of any member of the Police force of the City of Musko- 
gee as to stopping, standing, starting, approaching or departing 
from any place, and as to the manner of taking up or setting down 
passengers, or loading or unloading goods in any place. The raising 
of his hand or club, or the blowing of his whistle, by a police of- 
ficer, shall be a signal to stop. 


Section 711. HYDRANTS. No parking permitted on any 
street in the City of Muskogee within fifteen (15) feet of a Hy- 
drant or Fire Plug. 


Section #712) TOMPARK “PROPERLY. “Section’ 6/7” pro- 
vides that within the congested district all vehicles shall, when 
allowed to stand upon the streets, be so placed that one of 
the wheels on the side of the vehicle nearest the curb shall 
be against, or approximately against the curb and the other 
wheel on the side nearest the curb shall be not more than six (6) 
feet from the curb. (For Congested District, see Section 10, Traf- 
fic Ordinance No. 1152.) 


Section 713. MANNER OF PARKING NEAR KATY 
RIGHT-OF-WAY. It shall be unlawful for any automobile, tax1 
cab or vehicle of any kind to park or stand on Broadway Street, 
beginning at a point seventy-one (71) feet from the west line of 
the main track of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Com- 
pany’s right-of-way, on the north side of Broadway ptreet, thence 
in a westerly direction forty (40) feet. 


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Section 714. UNLAWFUL TO PARK WITHIN CERTAIN 
LIMITS ANY BAGGAGE WAGON, ETC. Beginning with the 
west line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company’s 
right-of-way, and extending west one hundred and seventy-five 
(175) feet on the north side of Broadway Street, it shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person operating any baggage wagon, truck or vehicle 
of any kind used in carrying of baggage, express, freight or mer- 
chandise to park or use as a stand for such business, or to load or 
unload baggage, express, freight or any kind of merchandise. 


Section 715. UNLAWFUL TO STAND TAXI, ETC., WITH- 
IN CERTAIN LIMITS. Within the limits set out and reserved in 
Section 713, or on the sidewalk adjacent thereto, it shall be un- 
lawful for any person, or persons, engaged in the transfer busi- 
ness, or operating an automobile, taxi cab, baggage wagon or ve- 
hicle of any kind for hire for the use of carrying passengers, mer- 
chandise, freight or express to solicit business, or to stand for the 
purpose of calling the attention of the public to their trade, whether 
engaged in the transfer business or in the operating of machines 
or vehicles of any kind for carrying passengers. 


Section 716. UNLAWFUL FOR PERSON OPERATING 
TAXI, ETC., TO STAND ON SIDEWALK AND SOLICI Busi 
NESS ADJACENT TO, SUCH RESTRICTED SLOCAT Ghia: 
shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, operating automobiles, 
taxi cabs, baggage wagons, or vehicle of any kind to solicit busi- 
ness, or to stand, for the purpose of calling attention of the public 
to their trade, on the sidewalk adjacent to the space or limits 
above described and set out, whether such person, or persons, is 
engaged in the business of operating an automobile, taxi cab, bag- 
gage wagon, truck or vehicle of any kind, used in carrying pas- 
sengers, baggage, express, freight or merchandise. 


Section 7/17. UNLAWFUL TO ATTACH TO VERiG ties 
STREET. That no person on roller skates, bicycles or tricycles, 
sled, wagon, cart, or any other like mode of conveyance, used for 
amusement, exercise or business, or in any other manner or for 
any other purpose, shall catch hold of or in any manner attach him- 
self to any moving automobile, wagon, buggy, motorcycle, street 
car, road cart, or any other vehicle or other mode of conveyance 
of any kind or character, in or upon any street, avenue, alley or 
public way, within the limits of the City of Muskogee. 


Section 718. UNLAWFUL TO LEAVE VEHICLES sim 
CERTAIN STREETS. That on any street or avenue in the city 
of Muskogee, where the clear width of said street, between the 
curbs is less than thirty (30) feet, it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, firm or corporation, to leave standing any vehicle of any de- 
scription whatever save for the length of time and under the con- 
ditions hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. That on any such 
street or avenue no person, firm or corporation shall leave stand- 


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ing any wagon, carriage, automobile, taxicab, or vehicle of any 
kind for any longer period than ten (10) minutes. Provided, fur- 
ther, that no person, firm or corporation doing business in a build- 
ing, the rear entrance of which opens upon a street or avenue less 
than thirty feet in width between the curbs, shall use said street 
or avenue for the purpose of standing any vehicles for a longer 
period than above set out, and no person, firm or corporation shall 
be permitted to use said street for the purpose of loading or de- 
livering goods into wagons or other vehicles from the rear entrance 
of any store opening on such street or avenue. Provided, however, 
that such person, firm or corporation operating any store, one en- 
trance of which is on such street or avenue, may use the same for 
the purpose of having goods, wares and merchandise delivered and 
unloaded to them at the entrance of the store opening on said 
street or avenue, provided, however, that such unloading or deliv- 
ery shall not occupy to exceed a period of time of fifteen (15) 
minutes. Provided, however, that at the time of such loading or 
unloading the said vehicle shall remain parallel with the said street. 
Provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be 
held to apply to any street or avenue in this city, save the street 
situated between the west line of Third street and the east line of 
State street and between Broadway and Court street in said City 
of Muskogee. 


Section 719. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate any 
of the provisions of this Article, or who shall fail or refuse to obey 
the provisions hereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished 
by a fine in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


Section 720. ‘VEHICLES TO BE BROUGHT TO STOP BE- 
FORE ENTERING BROADWAY OR OKMULGEE. All auto- 
mobiles, motor trucks, motorcycles, and all motor vehicles of every 
kind approaching East Broadway, West Broadway, East Okmulgee 
Avenue and West Okmulgee Avenue from either side shall, before 
entering such streets and avenues, be brought substantially to a 
stop. All vehicles traveling in either direction on East Broadway 
or’ West Broadway, East Okmulgee Avenue and West Okmulgee 
Avenue, shall have the right-of-way over all vehicles approaching 
said streets or avenues from either side. 


Section 721. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate the 
provisions of the last section shall be fined in any sum not exceed- 


ing $19.95. 


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CHAPTER XXVIII. 


VEHICLES FOR HIRE. 


Section. Section. 
722. Schedule of rates charg- cupy driver’s seat. 
ed. 727. Unlawful to drive taxi 
723. Copy of schedule to be through Fair Grounds 
placed in taxi, etc. when carrying passeng- 
724. Record to be kept of ve- ers) 
hicles for public hire. 728. Lawful rate for carrying 
725. Driver shall wear badge. passengers to and from 
726. Only one person shall oc- Fair Grounds. 


729. Penalty for violation. 


Ordinance No. 290. Regulating Charge. . 

Ordinance No. 1109. Prohibiting Driving Taxi-Cabs Through 
Fair Grounds. 

Ordinance No. 1153. Regulating Charge for Passengers to and 
from Fair Grounds. 


Section 722. SCHEDULE OF, RATES, CHARGED Aas 
hack, omnibus, cab, carriage, or other vehicle of whatsoever kind 
used for the transportation of the public, and which is kept for 
public hire, and for which a license has been paid and issued by the 
City of Muskogee, shall not be in excess of the following schedule, 
to-wit: 


For a distance not exceeding ten (10) blocks from starting 
point, a fee not exceeding twenty-five (25) cents for each pas- 
senger may be charged. 


For a distance in excess of ten (10) blocks, and not exceeding 
twenty (20) blocks from starting point, a fee not exceeding fifty 
(50) cents for each passenger may be charged. 


For a distance in excess of twenty (20) blocks, and within the 
City limits, a fee not exceeding seventy-five (75) cents for each 
passenger may be charged. 


That, when engaged by the hour, a fee of two ($2.00) dollars 
for the first hour, or fraction thereof, and one ($1.00) dollar for 
each hour, or part thereof, after the first hour, may be charged. 


_ PROVIDED: That no charge shall be made for any child, or 
children, under six (6) years of age, when accompanied by a pay- 
ing passenger, and, 

PROVIDED: That for all children over six (6) years of age, 
and under twelve (12) years of age, when accompanied by a pay- 
ing passenger, a charge not exceeding one-half of the rate fixed 
in this section may be made and collected. 


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Section 723. COPY: OF SCHEDULE TO BE PLACED IN 
TAXI, ETC. It is further provided that all owners, agents, or per- 
sons having charge of the vehicles hereinbefore enumerated, shall 
cause to be placed in a conspicuous place therein, or thereon, a 
notice so printed in English type, wherein the above scale of prices 
shall appear, that passengers for hire may easily see the same; and 
each driver of the vehicles herein mentioned shall be provided with, 
or provide himself with, a copy of such schedule to be displayed 
by him upon request of any passenger taking conveyance, or whom 
he may convey. 


Section 724. RECORD TO BE KEPT OF VEHICLES FOR 
PUBLIC HIRE. The City License Inspector of the City of Mus- 
kogee, Oklahoma, shall keep a record containing a list of all such 
vehicles kept for public hire, and which are enumerated herein, with 
the name of the owner, person, or persons, agent, or agents, having 
same in charge for the purpose of public hire, together with the 
place of business where said vehicle, or vehicles, are maintained, 
and the number designating said vehicle or vehicles. 


Section 725. DRIVER SHALL WEAR BADGE. Every 
driver or person, or persons, having charge of said vehicle, during 
the time it is absent from its place of maintenance, must wear, 
conspicuously, a badge, numbered to.correspond with the vehicle 
of which he has charge, said number to be registered, or recorded, 
with the same official, and in the same manner as provided herein 
in recording the number of the vehicle of which he may have charge 
in transporting passengers. 


Section 726. ONLY ONE PERSON SHALL OCCUPY DRIV- 
ER’S SEAT. There shall never be more than one person (and 
that one the driver, or person having in charge that vehicle), upon 
the box or driving seat when in actual use, unless the interior of 
the cab is crowded, and then only when the extra occupant of the 
box is a paid passenger, and no person, or persons, shall occupy 
the vehicle, or vehicles, herein named except passengers paying 
for the use thereof, or whose use therefor has been paid. 


Section 727. UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE TAXI THROUGH 
NEW STATE FAIR GROUNDS WHEN CARRYING PAS- 
SENGERS. That it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a 
taxicab, car, automobile or other vehicle of any kind or character 
into, upon or through the park of the City of Muskogee commonly 
known as the Fair Grounds, where said car is being used for the 
carrying of passengers for hire. 


Section 728. LAWFUL RATE FOR CARRYING PAS- 
SENGERS TO AND FROM FAIR GROUNDS. Any person, per- 
sons, corporation or association of individuals using any vehicle 
for the transportation of passengers from within any point of the 
City of Muskogee, to or near any location, portion or part of the 


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Oklahoma Free State Fair Grounds, or returning from said Fair 
Grounds to any point within the City of Muskogee, at any time 
or during any period within which there is being conducted what 
is known as the Oklahoma Free State Fair, shall be permitted to 
make a charge therefor, provided that said vehicle has paid the li- 
censes required by the City of Muskogee, and other laws, in any 
sum not to exceed Twenty-five (25) Cents for each passenger for 
such trip. 

Section 729. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate any 
of the provisions of this article, or who shall charge or attempt to 
charge in excess of the fees provided for in this article, shall, upon 
conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95, and 
his license for the operation of such vehicle may be revoked. Each 
trip on which a greater fare is charged, and for each person against 
whom such charge is made, shall constitute a separate offense. 


CHAPTER XXIX. 


WARDS. 
Section. Section. 
730. Division of City into 732. Defining Ward No. 2. 
Wards. j 733. Defining Ward No. 3. 
731. Defining Ward No. 1. 734. Defining Ward No. 4. 


Ordinance No. 379. 


Section 730. That the City of Muskogee be and the same is 
hereby divided into four wards. 


Section 731. That all that part of said City of Muskogee lying 
north of the center of Callahan Street and east of the Missouri, 
Kansas & Texas Railway right-of-way be, and the same is hereby, 
designated as the First Ward of the said City of Muskogee. 


Section 732. That all that part of the City of Muskogee lying 
south of the center of Callahan street and east of the Missouri, 
Kansas & Texas right-of-way be and the same is hereby designated 
as the Second Ward of the said City of Muskogee. 


Section 733. That all that part of the City of Muskogee lying 
south of the center of West Okmulgee Avenue and west of the 
east line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway right-of-way 
be, and the same is hereby designated as the Third Ward of said 
City of Muskogee. 


Section 734. That all that part of the City of Muskogee lying 
north of the center of West Okmulgee Avenue and west of the 
east line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway right-of-way 
be, and the same is hereby designated as the Fourth Ward of said 
City of Muskogee. 


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CHAPTER XXX. 


WATER WORKS AND WATER RATES. 


Article I. Regulations. Article III. Penalties; Rights of 
Article If. Charges. City Water Works. 
Article IV. Rates. 


Ordinances 1039-1076-1192. 


Ordinance No. 1039. Regulating Connection and Use of Water. 
Ordinance No. 1076... Amending Sec. 5 Ord. 1039. 
Ordinance No. 1192. Water Rates. 


ARTICLE I. 
REGULATIONS. 
_ Sections. . Sections. 
735. Contract; application for. 741. Pipes between meter and 
736. Form and contents of wall; stop cocks and 
application. stop boxes. 

737. Charges prepaid. 742. Plumber’s return to 
738. Misuse of water and water department; con- 
penalty. tents and approval. 

739. Fixtures; protection 743. Meters; charges; testing. 
against freezing. 744. Record of applications, 
740. Taps. returns, etc. 


745. Meters; kind authorized. 


Section 735. CONTRACT; APPLICATION FOR. Before 
any person, firm or corporation, is or shall be entitled to the right 
to connect with or take or use water from the mains of the water 
system of the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, or from any of their 
appurtenances, services or connections, an application for such 
right or rights signed by the owner of the premises, or by his duly 
authorized agent, must be made at the office of the Water 
Department of said city, which must be submitted to the said 
Department and at the time of making said application said 
owner shall pay in advance all charges for making the connection 
with the mains and must contract and agree to be responsible for 
all charges for the water service and all other charges accruing 
because of and in connection with the said service, except as here- 
inafter provided, and further contract and agree that though he 
has paid the cost of installing the connecting pipes the city shall 
have complete control of such pipes as far as his property line. 


Section 736. FORM AND CONTENTS OF APPLICATION. 


Application for such right to connect with the mains, and to use 


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water must be made upon the printed form of blank provided for 
by the city for such purpose and the application must state and 
describe fully and clearly the location of the premises, the name of 
the owner, the name of the occupant, the uses and purposes for 
which water is desired and the kind, number and size of fixtures to 
be used. 

No extensions of or changes in the service and no new or ad- 
ditional fixtures, or uses of the water, shall be lawful until similar 
and proper application therefor shall have been made and a permit 
therefor shall have been issued in the regular form. 


Section 737. CHARGES PREPAID. No permit shall be is- 
sued for connection with the main, or for the use of water there- 
from, until the charges as provided herein for such connection shall 
have been paid. 

The Superintendent of the Water Department may demand 
from tenant consumers using a meter a cash deposit equal to one 
and one-half (1%) times the estimated charge for water to be con- 
sumed during the next paying period, or in lieu thereof he may re- 
quire a written guarantee by the owner of the premises or his duly ~ 
authorized agent that all bills for water used on the premises shall 
be paid promptly when due. In either event any sum so deposited 
shall, upon failure to pay any bill when due, be applied upon the pay- 
ment thereof and in the event said deposit is insufficient to pay said 
bill in full said property and the owner thereof shall be liable for 
any remainder unpaid. 


section 738. MISUSE OF WATER AND PENALTY. Any 
applicant for the right to connect with the mains ‘and to use water 
who shall be guilty of misrepresenting his intended use or who 
shall supply water to, or permit it to be taken for use on other 
premises or for purposes other than those specified in his applica- 
tion, contract and permit; shall forfeit his right to all connection 
and use and to the payments made; that water shall be shut off 
from the premises and his permit shall be forfeited and cancelled, 
and such party may be punished, if found guilty by the police court 
of said city, by a fine of not less than $10.00 or more than $19.95. 


Section /39, “FIXTURES; PROTECTION (AGAR 
FREEZING. No connection or fixture shall be placed in a yard 
or in any portion of any premises so that it is accessible to per- 
sons living or doing business elsewhere to take water from it with- 
out written authority of the Superintendent. All service pipes and 
fixtures must be kept in perfect repair and must be protected 
against freezing. No rebates will be made any time during which 
service pipes or fixturés may be frozen or otherwise defective. All 
waste of water or allowing it to run to prevent service pipes and 
fixtures from freezing is prohibited, and any person permitting 
water to run to prevent pipes from freezing, or otherwise wasting 
of water, if found guilty by the Police Court of said City shall be 
fined in any sum not exceeding $19.95. 


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Section 740. TAPS. No plumber or other person except the 
tapper employed by the water department, or some other person 
‘regularly licensed and authorized to do such work by the city 
council, shall be allowed to tap any street main, and all taps shall 
be made by modern, approved tools only when the main is under 
pressure. 


Section 741. PIPES BETWEEN METER AND WALL; 
peer COCK AND STOP BOXES. Between the main and the 
meter or the inner wall of the building to be supplied with water, 
none but extra strong A.A. lead pipe with lead flange connections 
or wiped joints shall be used, sizes of service to be as follows: 


Three-quarter-inch extra strong A.A., weight three pounds, 
eight ounces per foot. 


One-inch extra strong A.A., weight four pounds, 12 ounces 
per foot. 


One and one-quarter-inch extra strong A.A., weight six pounds 
per foot. 


One and one-half-inch extra strong A.A., weight eight pounds 
per foot. 


Two-inch extra strong A.A., weight nine pounds per foot. 


That the City of Muskogee, through its superintendent of 
waterworks, may furnish all material and labor necessary for the 
making, repairing, renewal or extension of such connections which 
material and labor shall be furnished at actual cost, without dis- 
count, and shall be due and payable in advance and shall be paid be- 
fore water is turned on to said premises, and in the event water 
should be turned on to said premises before such account is paid, 
the water shall be turned off by the Superintendent of Waterworks 
until said account is fully paid. Before such work, connections, re- 
newals, extensions or repairs shall be covered and before permis- 
sion to turn water on shall be issued all of the house plumbing must 
be inspected while under pressure by the authorized city inspec- 
tor who shall issue a certificate of inspection in accordance with 
the plumber’s code. 


Immediately adjacent to and never more than one foot distant 
from the curb or the sidewalk, there must be inserted an inverted 
key stop-cock, and stop-box which shall be under the exclusive 
control of the city. The stop-cock shall be of the class known as 
inverted key round way “ground” work with a “T”’ handle and the 
stop-box shall be a screw extension iron box, with screw bolts to 
secure the top so that it may unscrew or open only by a socket 
wrench. | 


Section 742. PLUMBER’S RETURN TO WATER DEPART- 
MENT; CONTENTS AND APPROVAL. Before water will be 
turned on for regular use, the plumber must make a return to the 
water department on a printed form or blank for such purpose of 


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complete record of his work, which must state and show clearly 
the following and in addition thereto such other information as the 
Superintendent of Waterworks may require. 

Name of street, number of house, location with reference to 
nearest block corner and to its own lot front line. 

Location of the tap from the lot corner and size and kind of 
pipe used per foot. 

Location, size, kind of all taps, stop-cocks, boxes, meters and 
fixtures set. 

After the approval of this “return” and the inspector certifies 
to its correctness and that the plumbing work is tight and proper, 
which certification shall be on his “return,” and upon the payment 
of all rates and charges due, the water will be turned on by the 
water department and a record kept of the time thereof on the 
return blank. 

Section 743. METERS; CHARGES; TESTING. The city 
may insert meters in any service at any time it may desire. 

Meters shall be tested by the water department upon demand 
by any water rate payer upon a reasonable showing of evidence or 
belief that the meter is not recording accurately upon payment of 
$1.00 for such test and in the event said meter is found upon test 
to be more than 3 per cent fast said sum of $1.00 shall be returned 
‘to the party paying the same. 


Section 744. RECORD OF APPLICATIONS, RETURNS, 
ETC. The original of all applications and “returns” and exact 
duplicate of all permits shall be properly indexed and preserved in 
the office of the Superintendent of Waterworks. 


Section 745. METERS, KIND AUTHORIZED. Every serv- 
ice may be supplied with a meter; the meter must be so located 
that all water leaving the main on account of the service connec- 
tion must pass through it. If supplied by the owner, his agent or 
tenant, it must be of modern type, accurate to within a maximum 
error of one and one-half (11%) percent and of a size, character 
and so located as shall comply with the requirements of the de- 
partment, and it shall always be subject to test and inspection by 
the representatives of the water department. 


ARTICLE II. 


CHARGES. 
Section. Section. 
746. Charges, payable month- penalty. 
ly. 748. Bills for water service. 
747. Non-payment of bills; 749, Meter repairs. 


Section 746. CHARGES; PAYABLE MONTHLY. All 


charges, whether because of water service or otherwise for serv- 


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ices are due and payable at the office of the Superintendent of 
Waterworks without notice monthly on the first day of each month 
insofar as their amounts may be capable of determination. 


Section 747. NON-PAYMENT OF BILLS; PENALTY. 
Where any bill for water service, or otherwise, or a penalty for 
delay in its payment, or both, remain unpaid after 12 o’clock noon 
of the twentieth day of the month wherein it becomes due, the 
water shall be cut off from the premises against which said bill is 
a charge and water shall not be again supplied to such premises 
until all bills; charges and penalties against the account are paid. 


Section 748. BILLS FOR WATER SERVICE. All bills for 
water service shall be rendered monthly and as near the first day 
-of each calendar month as is practicable. No changes in rates 
charged for water service will be made because of non-use of fix- 
tures or discontinuance of any portion of the use of water until 
notice of such change or discontinuance is made so that it may be 
inspected, verified and approved. 


Section 749. METER REPAIRS. When the service requires 
the use of a meter having an inlet connection greater in diameter 
than one (1) inch it must be supplied, set and kept in proper con- 
dition by the owner of the premises or the user of the water. It 
must be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of the Water- 
works as to kind, size and location and while in use must always 
be under the exclusive control of the department. In the event the 
owner or user fails to keep said meter in repair and perfect con- 
dition the Superintendent of Waterworks may have the said meter 
repaired and placed in good condition and charge the costs thereof 
to said water service, such charges to be payable upon presentation 
of bill and collection enforced the same as other charges herein 
provided for. 


ARTICLE III. 


PENALTIES. RIGHTS OF CITY WATER WORKS. 


Section. Section. 
-750: Interference with tection; meters. 
meters; inspection; pen- 756. Right to shut off water. 
alty. 757. Plumbers; violating reg- 
751. Reading meters. ulations ; penalty. 
752. Tampering with fire 758. Agent of City Water 
hydrants. Works permitted to ex- 
753. Damaging water works, amine water pipes. 
ete: 759. City Water Works given 
754. Separate pipes for each right to shut off water 
house. for repairs. 
755. Connections for fire pro- 760. Specific quantity of water 


not guaranteed. 


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Section 750. INTERFERENCE WITH METERS; INSPEC- 
TION; PENALTY. It shall be unlawful for any person, save a 
city employe thereunto duly authorized, to interfere with any meter 
used for the measurement of city water. 


It shall also be unlawful for any person to hinder or prevent 
a regularly authorized employe of the city from inspecting or read- 
ing a meter used for the measurement of city water. 


Any person convicted before the police court of the city of 
either of these offenses shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more 
than $19.95. 


Section 751.. READING METERS. Meters shall be read as 
near the last day of the paying period as practical. 


Should any meter fail to register properly and not show cor- 
rectly the quantity of water used since the last reading, in arriv- 
ing at the quantity used, the right shall exist on the part of the 
city to average the month or quarter and charge for water on a 
basis of any three months within the previous year. 


Section 752. TAMPERING WITH FIRE HYDRANTS, UN- 
LAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any person, party or corpora- 
tion, except a member of the city fire department, or by order of 
any officer of said department or written permit from the mayor 
or Superintendent of Waterworks, to open or use water from the 
city hydrants or the taking off of caps or damaging the same, nor 
shall anyone be allowed to hitch horses or any other animal thereto 
or to block the approach thereto. Anyone violating this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction before 
the police court of the city shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor 
more than $19.95 for each offense. 


Section 753. DAMAGING WATER WORKS, ETC. If any 
person shall in any manner deface or injure any of the houses, 
walls, machinery or fixtures connected with or appertaining to the 
waterworks, or shall bathe in the water or throw or deposit any 
sticks, mud, rubbish or any other matter near the source of supply, 
he, she or they, so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall, upon conviction before the police court of the . 
city, be fined not more than $19.95 nor less than $10.00 for each 
offense. 


Section 754. SEPARATE, PIPES FOR EACH HOUSE. All 
single residence houses shall be required to have separate and dis- 
tinct connections to the city mains, and separate stop-cock and 
whenever the waterworks department shall find more than a single 
house supplied from one pipe they shall at once have their water 
turned off and the same shall not be again turned on until separate 
connections are made unless the property owner pays for all water 
theretofore consumed and agrees in writing to pay for all future 
service the minimum rate per quarter for each house and no allow- 
ance, deduction or discount shall be allowed on account of any 


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house being vacant unless said house is vacant during the entire 
paying period and such fact must be proven by the affidavit of the 
party claiming such deduction or his lawful agent. 


Section 755. CONNECTIONS FOR FIRE PROTECTION; 
METERS. No water connections with the water mains in any 
building will be permitted for fire protection except by permission 
of the Waterworks Superintendent, and no connections with the 
water mains shall be allowed larger than two inches in diameter 
except where the opening for hose connection is placed outside 
the building, and no danger of being broken off by falling walls. 


Where water is used on the premises for other purposes the 
water must be measured by meter. Where water is paid for all 
purposes on premises, there will be no additional charge for fire 
protection, providing there is a tank used on the roof or next floor 
beneath the roof with larger connections to water mains than one- 
inch in diameter to flow into tank, and provided with ball-cock, 
the said tank shall have no overflow, so there can be no waste. 
Under such conditions a standpipe can be used from tank to any 
part of the building of any desired size with hose connection which 
would control or hold fire in check until arrival of fire department. 


Section 756. RIGHT TO SHUT OFF WATER. Any con- 
sumer or subscriber violating or permitting violations, from their 
attachments, of any of the waterworks rules and regulations gov- 
erning the introduction, supply and consumption of water, the city 
will shut off the water on such premises and the consumer will 
forfeit the unexpired term for which they have paid rent, and the 
- water will not be turned on again except under a new assessment 
and security against future violations; and in case of persistent 
violations the service attachment will be withdrawn from the city’s 
distributing pipes. The special penalties provided herein shall also 
apply. 

Section 757. PLUMBERS, VIOLATING REGULATIONS. 
PENALTY. Any plumber violating any of the rules and regula- 
tions governing the introduction, supply and consumption of water 
or who shall voluntarily, or at the request of any consumer, intro- 
duce any hydrants, pipe, bath, watercloset, urinal or any other 
device or fixture which is prohibited or which has not been per- 
mitted by the city waterworks, shall forfeit and pay to the city the 
sum of one hundred dollars, which may be recovered on his bond, 
or by direct action and in addition his license may be forfeited and 
not to be renewed, nor will he be allowed to do business either for 
himself or other plumbers, in connection with the waterworks un- 
til after the expiration of ninety (90) days, and until payment of 
such fines. 


Section 758. AGENT OF CITY WATER WORKS PERMIT- 
TED TO EXAMINE WATER PIPES. Every person taking water 


from the city waterworks shall at all reasonable times permit the 


306 WATER WORKS AND WATER RATES 


Superintendent or any agent of the city waterworks to enter his, 
her, or their premises or buildings to examine the water pipes and 
fixtures or to count the number of rooms and the manner in which 
the water is used. 

Section 759. CITY WATER WORKS GIVEN RIGHT TO 
SHUT OFF WATER FOR REPAIRS. That the city waterworks 
shall have the right at any and all times to shut off the water in 
their main pipes for the purpose of repairing the same, making 
connection or extensions to the same, for the purpose of cleaning 
the same and for the purpose of repairing their machinery or any 
part of their works; and the city shall not be liable for any damage 
for leaks or breakage of pipes in or on any premises; and shall 
make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary for the 
preservation, protection and character of their works. 


Section: 760. SPECIFIC. OUANTITY » OF SWAT 
GUARANTEED. Water consumers are not guaranteed a specific 
quantity of water for any purpose whatever, but simply an ample 
quantity for the purpose named in the permit and all other purposes 
water may be applied to are violations of the agreement made be- 
tween the city waterworks and the consumer at the time of grant- 
ing the permit, and therefore subject to such reasonable penalties 
as the city Waterworks Superintendent may see fit to impose. 


ARTICLE IV. 


METER RATES; PENALTY. 


—_—_—_—_______— 


Section 761. METER RATES; PENALTY. That all water 

furnished by the Water Department of the City of Muskogee to 
consumers through water meters shall on and after July 1, 1920, 
be charged for and the amount due collected at the following rates, 
to-wit: é 
20 cents per hundred cubic feet for the first 3,000 cubic feet; 
18 cents per hundred cubic feet for the next 60,000 cubic feet; 
15 cents per hundred cubic feet for the next 60,000 cubic feet ; 
12 cents per hundred cubic feet for the next 60,000 cubic feet ; 
9 cents per hundred cubic feet for all other cubic feet; 


Provided, however, that the minimum charge for water shall 
be at the rate of $1.00 per month without regard to the meter 
reading ; 


Provided, however, that all amounts which may be due under 
the above rates are to be subject to a penalty of 10% if the same 
are not paid on or before the 10th day of the month next succeed- 
ing the month for which the bill was rendered, and provided fur- 
ther that the water will be shut off on all taps where bills are un- 
paid on the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month for 
which the same is due, and a charge of $1.00 will be made for again 
turning on the same. 


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CHAPTER XXXI. 


WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 


Section. Section. 
762. Inspectors; designated. 770. Stamping false weight or 
763. Inspector. false tare. 
764. Inspection ; how made. 771. False weights and meas- 
765. Stamps and Brands; uni- ures. 
formity. 772. Fee: 
766. Legal bushel. 773. False weights and meas- 
76/7. Legal capacity of meas- ures may be seized. 
ures. 774. Weights may be tested 
768. Measures used. and destroyed. 
769. Card of legal weights. 775. Punishment. 


(Ordinance 1000) 


Section ./o2. UNSPECTORS DESIGNATED. «The: City 
Chemist of the City of Muskogee shall be the inspector of scales, 
weights and measures; the assistant milk and dairy inspector shall 
be assistant inspector of scales, weights and measures. Both the 
City Chemist and the Assistant Milk and Dairy Insnpector shall 
perform the service of Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures, 
and Assistant Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures, respec- 
tively, in addition to the other duties now defined by the ordinances 
of the City of Muskogee, and the compensation paid said City 
Chemist, as City Chemist, and the compensation paid said Assis- 
tant Milk and Dairy Inspector as said Milk and Dairy Inspector, 
shall be in full for all services performed by both for the City of 
Muskogee under the terms of this Ordinance. 


Section 763. INSPECTOR. The City Chemist as herein 
designated as the Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures shall 
hereinafter be referred to as “Inspector.” 


Section 764. INSPECTION, HOW MADE. It shall be the 
duty of the Inspector of Scales, Weights and Measures, to secure 
proper beams and scales, for the purpose of testing and proving 
the weights and measures used in said City. He shall examine and 
inspect all scales, weights and measures used within said City 
in the purchase or sale of articles every ninety (90) days and shall 
stamp or brand the same as to their being correct or otherwise. 
For such purpose he shall have the right, without interference, 


308 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 


from any person, to enter the premises of any person, firm or cor- 
poration buying or selling merchandise of any character in said 
City to make such inspections or examinations as are necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this ordinance. For such purpose and 
in making arrests hereunder, he shall possess all the power and 
authority of a member of the police force of said City. 


Section 765. STAMPS AND BRANDS: UNIFORM. 
Such inspector shall adopt a uniform system of stamps and brands 
for weights and measures, which he shall place thereon in such 
manner as may be necessary to properly designate and identify 
same and it shall be unlawful to in any manner interfere with or 
imitate any such stamp, brand or label used by such inspector. 


Section 766. LEGAL BUSHEL. A bushel of each of the. 
articles enumerated in this section shall consist of the number of 
pounds avoirdupois respectively affixed to each, viz: 


Salt, lime, and mineral coal, eighty (80) ; corn in shuck seventy- 
two (72); unshelled seventy (7/0); wheat, beans, peas, and split 
peas, Irish potatoes, clover seed, including alfalfa and alsike (or 
Swedish), sixty (60); onions, fifty-seven (57); rye, shelled corn, 
flaxseed, green peas (unshelled), and kaffir corn, fifty-six (56) ; 
sweet potatoes, fifty-five (55), buckwheat, fifty-two (52); car- 
rots, rutabagas, corn meal, millet, sorghum seed, and rape, fifty 
(50); barley, apples, peaches, pears, cucumbers, Hungarian grass 
seed, and broom corn seed, forty-eight (48); castor beans, forty- 
six (46) ; tomatoes, and timothy seed, forty-five (45) ; parsnips, and 
hemp seed, forty-four (44); Bermuda grass seed, forty (40); malt 
thirty-eight (38); Osage orange seed, thirty-six (36); dried peach- 
es, thirty-three (33); Oats and cotton seed, thirty-two (32); top 
onion sets, twenty-eight (28) ; dried apples, twenty-four (24) ; pea- 
nuts, twenty-two (22); bran, twenty (20); the seed of blue grass, 
red top, and orchard grass, fourteen (14). 


Section 767. LEGAL CAPACITY, OF MEASUR Emm 
peck, half peck, quarter peck, quart and pint measures for measur- 
ing commodities shall be of the following capacities, to-wit: 


Peck measure shall contain five hundred thirty-seven and six- 
tenths cubic inches; half peck measure shall contain two hundred 
sixty-eight and eight-tenths cubic inches; quarter peck measure 
shall contain one hundred thirty-four and four-tenths cubic inches ; 
quart measure shall contain sixty-seven and two-tenths cubic 


WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 309 


inches; pint measure shall contain thirty-three and six-tenths cubic 
inches. 


Section 768. MEASURES USED. It shall be illegal to sell 
or offer for sale any commodities, from broken package, by meas- 
ure unless such measure bears the seal of the inspector. 


Section 769. CARD OF LEGAL WEIGHTS. A card show- 
ing the legal weight of each of the articles enumerated shall be 
printed by the City of Muskogee and furnished free of cost to all 
parties affected by this.ordinance. Said card to be displayed by 
the person affected in such a place as may be designated by the 
Inspector. 


Section 770. STAMPING FALSE WEIGHT OR FALSE 
TARE. Every person who marks or stamps false or short weight 
or false tare on any cask or package, or sells or offers for sale any 
cask or package so marked, is guilty of an offense. 


Section 771. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Any 
person having in his possession a false balance, weight or measure, 
for the weighing or measuring of anything whatever that is pur- 
chased, sold, bartered, shipped or delivered, for sale or barter, or 
that is pledged or given in payment, he shall be punished by a fine 
as hereinafter provided in this chapter. 


Section 772. FEE. A fee shall be charged for the testing 
of scales and measures. Such fee shall be ten cents for the first 
scale or measure and two and one-half cents for each additional 
scale and measure. 


Section 773. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES MAY BE 
SEIZED. Every person who is authorized or enjoined by law to 
arrest another person for violation of any section of this ordinance, 
is equally authorized and enjoined to seize any false weights or 
measures found in the possession of the person so arrested, and to 
deliver the same to the Police Judge before whom the person so 
arrested is required to be taken. 


Section 774. WEIGHTS MAY BE TESTED AND DE- 
STROYED. The Police-Judge to whom any weight or measure 
is delivered pursuant to the last section, shall, upon the examina- 
tion of the accused, or if the examination is delayed or prevented, 
without waiting for examination, cause the same to be tested by 
comparison with standards conformable to law; and if he finds it 
to be false, he shall cause it to be destroyed or to be delivered to 
the County Attorney of the County in which the accused is liable 
to indictment or trial, as the interests of justice in his judgment 
require. 


Section 775. PUNISHMENT. Any person who shall violate 
any provision of this chapter where a specific penalty is not pre- 
scribed shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not 
to exceed $19.95. 


310 ANNEXATIONS 


APPENDIX A 


ADDITIONS ANNEXED TO CITY AND 
PARTS EXCLUDED 


Name Ordinance No. Date 
Agency 591 8-15-1910 
Agency Hill Pak pol 8-15-1910 
Alamo 391 3-29-1909 
Alamo 657 1-31-1911 
Alta Vista 342 9-21-1908 
Alta Vista (West) 591 8-15-1910 
Alta Vista (South) 713 5-13-1911 
Alta Vista Plate Accepted by Resolution 6-22-1920 
Benson Heights 655 1-23-1911 
Bliss Heights 591 8-15-1910 
Bonito 769 -1-1911 
Browns 395 4-19-1909 
Browns 905 3-20-1913 
Caesars Order U. S. Court 4-1-1899 
Caesars 342 9-21-1908 
Canard 591 8-15-1910 
College Heights 591 8-15-1910 
Corona 655 1-23-1911 
Crabtree 344 9-25-1908 
Cream Ridge 708 5-4-1911 
Davis 591 8-15-1910 
Dean’s 342 9-21-1908 
Factory 905 3-20-1913 
Fair Grounds 904 3-19-1913 
Factory 395 4-19-1909 
Fairview 655 1-23-1911 
Findlay Heights 342 9-21-1908 
Garrett Heights 342 9-21-1908 
Gipson Heights 591 8-15-1910 
Grand Divide 655 | 1-23-1911 
Greever 655 1-23-1911 
Higgins 342 9-21-1908 
Highlands 342 9-21-1908 
Houck & Dill 591 15-1910 
Hubbard Heights 769 -1-1911 
Kenwood Place 591 -15-1910 
Kinney 905 -20-1915 
Lincoln Place 343 -21-1908 


Lincoln Place 905 
Love’s 591 
M. O. & G. 905 


8- 

8 

3 

9 
Lincoln Place 395 4-19-1909 

3 

8 

3 
Martin-Miller-Reid B32 8 


ANNEXATIONS—STREETS AND ALLEYS 


Name Ordinance No. 
Melrose Place °713 
Midland Valley 691 
Monticello 684 
Murphy Heights 769 


Muskogee Townsite Co.’s Ist Order U. S. Court 


Muskogee Townsite Co.’s Ist 591 


Muskogee Townsite Co.’s 2nd 474 
McIntosh (Harrison Sub) 343 - 
McKellop’s 275 
McKellop Heights 708 
Patterson Heights 591 
Park View 591 
Reeves 343 
Reeves 395 
Reeves 905 
Reid Heights 657 
Robison 275 
Tuxedo Park 708 
Warren 591 
West View Park 713 
West Park 655 
West Alta Vista 591 
Westmoreland 591 
Woodland 713 
Excluding certain property 984 


Soe parlor orec ty Ly Rls 


(Amended by 990) 


Excluding certain property 990 
S. E. part of S. 22°T: 15: R: 18 
Annexing territory in S. E. 

part of City 275 
Annexing territory in S. E. 

part of City 209 
Annexing territory in S. E. 

part of City 300 

APPENDIX B. 


311 


Date 
5-13-1911 
3-15-1911 
3-15-1911 

8-1-1911 
4-1-1899 
8-15-1910 
1-6-1910 
9-21-1908 
5-7-1907 
aaigea 


5-13-1911 
3-30-1915 


9-10-1915 


5-7-1907 
1-13-1908 
1-23-1908 


OPENINGS AND VACATIONS OF STREETS AND 
ALLEYS BY BLOCKS. 


Date Block Ordinance 
ne, .No, No. 
3-16-1903 6 
8-17-1903 6 101 
8-8-1904 6 159 
11-8-1906 6 260 
7-13-1904 7. 


154 


Purpose 


75 Opening streets and changing alley. 
Opening. street thru. 
INow75): 

Changing alleys and streets. 
Vacating alleys in. 
Opening alley in. 


(Amending 


312 


Date 


* 15-1911 
2-6-1911 


6-25-1908 
8-2-1909 
12-16-1901 
12-16-1901 
12-16-1901 
12-21-1905 


12-16-1901 
11-8-1909 
9-21-1903 
9-21-1903 

12-16-1901 

11-19-1903 

12-13-1918 

11-19-1903 
6-26-1917 
6-26-1917 
2-17-1911 


2-4-1907 
3-6-1905 


2-23-1912 

6-9-1905 
5-31-1910 
8-16-1912 
3-18-1908 


3-26-1920 


Block 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 


Ordinance 


No. 


214 
“Ake 
268 
538 
172 
689 
690 


Purpose 


Dedication of property in. 
Dedication of alley in. 

Opening alley in. 

Dedication for alley purposes. 
Opening of alley thru. 

Vacating alleys in. 

Accepting dedication of State and 
Wall Streets. 

Accepting dedication of State St. 
and alleys in Blk. 

Vacating part of alley in. 
Accepting dedication of alley. 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

Mayor authorized to execute deed 
tog: eae Gr, Lieve 

M. K. & T. right-of-way 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

Changes in alley. 

Dedication of property in. 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 
Dedication of property in. 
Vacating part of alley in. 
Dedication of property for streets. 
Vacating alley Lot 3. 

Vacating alley Lot 3. 

M. E. T. Co. required to maintain 
sidewalk in. 

Vacating part of alley. 
Abandoning part of alley. 
Dedicating property in. 

Changing location of alleys in. 
Changing location of alley. 
Vacating part of alley. 

Vacating part of alley. 

Conveying part of alley. 

Changing location of alley. 
Authorizing Mayor to execute deed 
to. 

Deed executed for part. 

Opening alley in Lot 4. 

Refusal to accept land in. 
Dedicating alley. 

Opening alley in Eaton’s Sub. of 
Tot 15. J 
Opening Boston Avenue thru. 


Date 

4-26-1921 
7-1-1904 
11-8-1904 
9-21-1903 
9-21-1904 
2-14-1911 
12-16-1901 
2-14-1911 


4-13-1917 
2-4-1907 


4-13-1917 - 


1-9-1905 
5-31-1910 


5-31-1910 
12-20-1906 
4-17-1905 
2-13-1913 
‘9-21-1917 
3-3-1909 


9-1-1911. 


3-3-1909 
3-7-1911 
3-15-1911 
8-17-1903 


7-23-1912 
7-23-1912 
3-2-1902 
6-16-1911 
3-2-1902 
5-4-1906 


10-3-1912 
4-3-1905 


Block Ordinance 
No. 


25 
56 


56 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 313 


No. 


1215 
153 


176 


Purpose 


Vacating alleys in. 

Dedication of property in for 
streets. 

pe of property in. (Amend. 
153). 3 
Granting right to construct switch- 
eS across. 

Granting right to construct switch- 
es across. 

Opening street across. 

M. K. & T. right-of-way. 
Vacating portion of Main Street. 
Excluding from City. 

Dedication of street in. 
Excluding from City. 

Opening alley in. 

Dedicating property in for street 
and alley. 

Vacating alley. 

Vacating alley in. 

Vacating alley in. 

Vacating alley in. 

Dedication of alley thru. 

Vacating alleys in. 

Re-opening alley in. 

Vacating alley in. 

Opening alley. 

Vacating alley in. 

Dedicating property for streets and 
alleys. 


—Dedicating alley. 


Dedication property for streets. 
Dedication of alley. 

Opening Court Street thru. 
Darby’s Sub-div. Dedication of 
streets thru. 

Opening Court Street thru. 
Dedication property for streets. 
Opening Eighth Street thru. | 
Dedication property for streets. 
Changing alleys in. 

Dedication alley in. 

Dedication alley in. 

Vacating alley in. 

Vacating alley in. 

Vacating alleys in. 

Vacating alley in. 


314 STREETS AND ALLEYS 


Date Block Ordinance Purpose 
No. No. 
7-20-1920 213 1196 Vacating alley. 
4-9-1920 215 1172 Vacating alley. 
6-15-1920 216 1193 Vacating alley. 
1-13-1922 216 1236 Vacating alley in. 
10-10-1922 224 1258 Closing N. and S. alley in. 
2-18-1904 226 121 Changing alleys in. 
3-7-1904 226 129 Dedication of property for streets 
and alleys. 
6-18-1906 226 254 Vacating alleys in. 
2-18-1904 227 121 Changing alleys in. 
-7-1904 227 12 Dedication property in. 
6-18-1906 227 254 Vacating alleys in. 
7-22-1921 227 1224 Vacating alley. 
4-15-1919 228 1134 Vacating part of Prospect Place. 
7-22-1921 228 1224 Vacating alley. 
7-22-1921 229 1224 Vacating alley. 
11-10-1911 229 800 Vacating alley thru. 
3-1-1909 241 377: ~=—~‘Vacating part of alley in. 
3-1-1909 241 378 Dedication of alley. 
245 498 NDP 0 BGS ate to purchase. 
(Vetoed). 
5-23-1904 248 147 Abandoning alley in. 
7-28-1911 252 766 Vacating portion of alley. 
7-28-1911 252 767 Accepting deed for alley. 
4-6-1920 266 1171 Vacating part of alley and opening 
street thru. 
11-2-1903 280 bis Dedication property for streets and 
alleys. 
10-7-1907 281 o> Dedicating and vacating alley in. 
7-12-1912 287 864 Exchanging deeds to Lot 6. 
6-6-1904 298 150 Ozark & Cherokee Cent. Permis- 
sion to cross Lot 1. 
11-14-1922 300 1261 Accepting and dedicating for street 
purposes. 
11-14-1922 300 1262 Vacating portion of. 
11-14-1922 307 1261 Accepting and dedicating for street 
purposes. 
11-14-1922 307 1262 Vacating portion of. 
11-14-1922 308 - 1261 Accepting and dedicating for street 
purposes. 
11-14-1922 308 1262 Vacating portion of. 
3-6-1914 324 942 Vacating part of south alley in. 
10-25-1904 350 . 175 Dedication streets and alleys. 
5-4-1903 359 81 Readjusting lines of lots, etc. 
2-4-1907 360 270 += Vacating part of Ellsworth Ave. 
4-26-1921 364 1215 Vacating alleys in. 


8-3-1908 368 B35 Opening street across. 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 315 


Date Block Ordinance Purpose 
No. No. 
9-15-1904 374 168 Abandoning part of Ellsworth and 
I Sts. and alleys. 
2-4-1907 375 270 Vacating part of alley. 
5-4-1903 377 81 Changing K, Opening L and M. 
Sts. and abandoning alley in. 

11-30-1917 386 1075 Vacating alley by Wisdom Flats. 
2-23-1912 391 842 Dedication of alley. 

2-23-1912 391 843 Dedication of alley. 

12-15-1911 392 816 Dedication of street. 

1-20-1910 394 478 Dedication property for street pur- 
poses. 

11-21-1910 402 635 Vacating part of alley in. 
1-31-1911 407 660 Dedicating property for alley. 
7-25-1904 412 158 Vacating alley in. 

7-15-1904 413 155 Dedication property in for streets. 

6-5-1905 413 204 Dedication property in for streets. 
1-12-1912 430 828 Vacating alley in. 

7-8-1909 436 421 Dedication alley. 

7-8-1909 436 422 Dedication alley. 

1-2-1906 436 234 Dedication property in for streets. 
7-11-1911 437 759 Dedicating portions for streets. 
12-31-1907 449 296 Dedication alley in. 

8-1-1913 462 925 Vacating part of Haskell Boulevard. 

1-9-1923 463 1271 Vacating part of Haskell Boulevard. 
1-16-1920 465 1166 Vacating alley. 

2-14-1911 480 665 Vacating alley in. 
OPENINGS AND VACATIONS OF STREETS IN 
ADDITIONS TO CITY. 
Date Addition Block Ordinance Purpose 
No. 
4-30-1909 Alamo + 401 Vacating alley in. 

4-20-1917 Alamo 9 1048 Vacating alley in. 
8-26-1921 Alta Vista 4 1228 Vacating alley in. 

4-3-1913 Brown’s 906 Vacating portions of 

streets in. 
8-22-1922 Canard 33-34 Wap Vacating alleys in. 
4-30-1909 Crabtree 8 401 Vacating alley thru. 
4-15-1919 Crabtree 9 1133 Providing for open- 
, ing Broadway. 
2-14-1911 Crabtree 12 665 Vacating alley in. 
7-25-1922 Elm Ridge Acres 1250 Via Cais 0 oapartnat 
Street. in: 
Fairview 5 944 Dedicating streets. 

6-28-1921 Highland 2 1223 Vacating alley in. 

1-17-1911 Higgins 10 654 Vacated for Park. 


316 


Date 
141221912 
6-6-1907 
10-12-1909 
Beno 1e2 


5-19-1911 
8-20-1912 


9-12-1922 


OPENINGS AND VACATIONS. 
AND CHANGING NAMES OF STREETS. 


Date 
5-4-1903 
8-6-1900 
12-21-1908 
6-7-1909 
4-8-1919 
2-4-1914 


6-25-1913 
3-26-1920 


3-2-1902 
8-24-1905 
1-16-1905 

3-6-1905 

6-9-1905 
9-17-1909 
12-5-1904 
3-27-1908 


1-16-1905 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 


Addition Block Ordinance 

No. 

Higgins 3 829 
McKellop’s EK 278 
McKellop’s N 447 
McKellop’s 89 1238 
McKellop’s 3rd 8 718 
Monticello 7 873 
West Park 1 1256 
APPENDIX C. 


Street 


Baltimore Ave. 81 
Broadway 49 


364 
415 
1133 
665 


“B,” North 
Boston 


918 
1170 


Court 73 
216 
189 
195 
206 


443 
177 


NO 
310 


Charleston 189 


Ordinance No. 


Purpose 


Vacating alley in. 
Vacating alley. 

Land abandoned for 
street. 

Vacating E. end Dor- 
chester Ave. 
Vacating alley in. 
Property donated for 
Houston St. 
Accepting dedication 
of lots for street pur- 
poses. 


ESTABLISHING GRADES — 


Purpose 


Extending. 

Opening and widening 
of. 

Establishing grade on. 
Establishing grade on. 
Providing for opening 
thru Blk. 9 Crabtree 
Add. 

Vacating alley bet. Wis- 
well Place & E. Bdwy. 
Vacating portions of. 
Providing for opening 
thru Block 55. 
Opening thru 
188-189. 
Extending to Cherokee 
across viaduct. 
Opening Main to 
Charleston. 

Amending 189. 
Amending 195. 
Establishing grade. 
Providing for opening 
and abandoning part of. 
Changing width of road- 
way (See 177). 
Extending. 


Blocks 


Date 
3-6-1905 


6-9-1905 


3-18-1910 


6-25-1913 
6-26-1917 
11-14-1922 
4-11-1906 
12-2-1921 
3-18-1910 


3-25-1922 
9-15-1904 
2-4-1907 


8-1902 
4-30-1909 


5-4-1906 
11-7-1904 
8-9-1909 
1-2-1920 
1-17-1911 


11-8-1912 
6-6-1911 
8-1-1913 


1-9-1923 
8-20-1912 


11-28-1922 
9-15-1904 
4-10-1923 
11-3-1903 


6-8-1908 
4-19-1913 
3-18-1910 

5-4-1903 


3-6-1914 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 317 


Street 


Cincinnati 


Capitol Place 


Cherokee 
ST 
“D,” South 


Division Blvd. 


Dorchester Ave. 


Ellsworth 


Elgin 
Elliott 


Eighth 
Fifth 
Fifth 
Fifth 
Fremont 


Fremont 
Haskell 
Haskell 


Haskell 
Houston 


Sel? 
Wake 
el ee 
Tola 


lola 
Tola 
Junction 


“Ke 
aK 27 


Ordinance No. 


195 
206 


j20 
802 


49] 


918 
1056 
1261 

243 
H2g5 

491 


1238 
168 
270 


70 
401 


s251 
176 
432 
1161 
654 


885 
f21 
925 


ag. 
873 


1263 
168 
1283 
Bis 


324 
908 
491 


81 


Purpose 
Extending (Amending 
Ord.6i89). 

Extending (Amending 
Ordeiosis 


Extending (See 802). 
Extending across M. K. 
Ga DR: 

Cian ojiaro. name: of 
streets. 

Vacating portions of. 
Vacating portions of. 
Vacating portions of. 
Opening and extending. 
Vacating portion of. 
Cha mewn ov iname tot 
Steck: 

Vacating East end of. 
Abandoning part of. 
Vacating ¢pat~ otacin 
Blocks 360-365. 
Establishing grade on 
portion of. 

Vacating part in Alamo 
Addition. 

Opening thru Block 189. 
Changing location of. 
Establishing grade. 
Vacating portions of. 
Vacating portion for 
Park. 

Vacating portion of. 
Accepting dedication of. 
Vacating part in Block 
462. 

Vacating a portion of. 
Block 7, Monticello, 
Dedicated. 

Vacating a portion of. 
Abandoning part of. 
Vacating part of. 
Dedicating for streets 
and alleys. 

Extending. 

Closing. 

Chan ono nameot 
Street. 

Changing and abandon- 
part of. 

Vacating part of. 


318 


Date 
6-8-1908 
4-19-1913 
3-6-1914 
10-20-1916 
5-4-1903 
12-19-1910 
4-8-1922 


8-19-1903 
3-16-1903 
12-16-1901 


1-17-1911 
5-4-1903 
6-18-1910 
11-2-1903 
7-1-1904 


12-21-1908 
6-7-1909 
4-15-1919 
10-12-1909 
1-9-1923 


2-6-1911 


3-2-1903 
9-25-1908 
11-2-1908 

10-13-1904 

3-6-1905 

3-18-1910 


3-18-1910 
4-30-1909 
8-19-1903 


3-16-1903 


3-15-1911 
8-1902 


3-16-1915 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 


Street 
Kankakee 
Kankakee 
Kalamazoo 
Kingsley 
relies 


Lincoln Ave. 
Lombard 
Lombard 
Main 


Main 
SMe? 
Madison 
Maddin 
Owen 


Okmulgee 
Okmulgee 
Prospect Place 


Terrace, N. 


Terrace, S. 
Utah 
Wall 


Wall 
Wall 


Ordinance No. 
324 


652 

81 
572 
113 
153 


364 
415 
1134 
447 
1270 


Purpose 
Extending. 
Closing. 
Vacating part of. 
Vacating part of. 
Opening and extending. 
Vacating portion of. 
Vacating alley along N. 
side of. 
Amending 75. Desig- 
nating name of street. 


Dedicating streee 
(Block 6.) 
Opening of. (Station 


grounds M. K. & T. Ry) 
Vacating portion of. 
Opening of. Extending. 
Vacating part of. 
Opening. 

Accepting dedication of 
Street. 

Establishing grade. 
Establishing grade. 
Vacating part of. 
Opening. 

Vacating 10 feet be- 
tween Baltimore and 
Cincinnati. 
Accepting dedication of 
in Block 11. 

Accepting dedication of. 
Improvement of. 
Fixing grade. 

Fixing grade. 

Opening of. 

Changing grade of. 
Changing name of 
street, 

Changing name of. 
Vacating part of. 
Amending 75.  Desig- 
nating name of street. 
Dedicating street. 
Accepting dedication of. 
Establishing grade S. of 
Eigins and S:7onm@er 
chester. 

Adoption of copy of 
grade map prepared by 
H. V. Hinkley. 


6-30-1911 71 Streets 


7-7-1911 
7-3-1914 
7-3-1914 
11-9-1908 
3-18-1910 
3-17-1902 
5-31-1904 


4-30-1909 


STREETS AND ALLEYS 319 


Ordinances Changing Names of Streets 


4 Streets 


25 Streets 


749 
756 
ps3 
956 
Bol 
491 

64 
148 


401 


Changing names of 
streets in Additions. 
Changing names of 
streets. 

Vacating certain streets 
ing oi22 Be 1Ss RAS: 
Establishing certain 
SEFEEts: 

Changing names of 
streets. 

Changing names of 
Streets: 

Street names, relating 
to. 

Granting ht. Vee ke R. 
Co. right to cross cer- 
tain streets. 

Vacating certain streets 
and alleys. 


320 


BONDED 


INDEBTEDNESS 


APPENDIX D. 


BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AS OF JANUARY 1, 1923. 


Ord. 
No. 
170 
170 
227-248 
362 
670 
1124 


995 
361 
671 
1006 


439 
1125 


578-614 
892-5 
1005 
1079 
1128 
1135 
1184 
1182 


1126 
1183 


672-694 
994 


380 
928 
1043 


BONDS 


Water Works 
Water and Sewer 
Water, Sewer and School__- 
Water Works 
Water Works 
Water Works 


Total Sewer Bonds 


Fire Utility 
Fire Equipment 


Total Fire Department Bonds 


Fair Grounds Improvement 
Fair Grounds Improvement 
Memorial Park_________- 
Honor Heights Park 
Athletic Park 


Total Park Bonds_ -_- 
Detention Hospital 
Municipal Hospital 


Total Hospital Bonds 


Garbage Disposal 
Gas Pipe Line 


Total Miscellaneous Bonds 


Total Property Bonds 


Funding 
Funding 
Funding 


Date Date of Rate of 
Issued Maturity Interest 
3-1-1902 3-1-1932 5% 
11-1-1904 11-1-1924 5% 
11-1-1905 11-1-1925 44% 
12-1-1908 12-1-1933 5% 
3-1-1911 3-1-1936 5% 
3-1-1919 3-1-1944 5% 
3-1-1902 3-1-1932 5% 
12-1-1908 12-1-1933 5% 
3-1-1911 3-1-1936 5% 
1-1-1916 1-1-1941 5% 
9-1-1909 9-1-1934 5% 
3-1-1919 3-1-1944 5% 
9-1-1910 9-1-1935 5% 
2-1-1913 2-1-1938 5% 
3-15-1916 3-15-1936 5% 
3-1-1918 3-1-1938 5% 
3-1-1919 3-1-1944 5% 
5-1-1919 5-1-1944 5% 
5-1-1920 5-1-1945 5% 
5-1-1920 5-1-1945 5% 
3-1-1919 3-1-1944 5% 
5-1-1920 5-1-1945 5% 
3-1-1911 3-1-1936 5% 
1-1-1916 1-1-1941 5% 
3-1-1909 3-1-1929 5% 
10-1-1913 10-1-1928 5% 
1-1-1917 1-1-1942 5% 


Amount 
Outstanding 
$ 150,000.00 
100,000.00 
100,000.00 
250,000.00 
390,000.00 
130,000.00 


$1,120,000.00 


$ 25,000.00 
300,000.00 
225 ,000.00 

25,000.00 


$ 575,000.00 


$ 60,000.00 
75,000.00 


$ 135,000.00 


50,000.00 
150,000.00 
80,000.00 
100,000.00 
100,000.00 
100,000.00 
25,000.00 
100,000.00 


$ 705,000.00 


$ 12,500.00 
150,000.00 


$ 162,500.00 


$ 35,000.00 
100,000.00 


$ 135,000.00 
$2,832,500.00 


74,000.00 
52,061.38 
115,593.00 


$ 241,654.38 


$3,074,154.38 


STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 321 


APPENDIX E. 


STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. 


Date District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
8-17-1903 : 104 Improvement of Streets. 
6-3-1907 279 Creating district. 
12-23-1907 288 Providing for improve- 
ment. 
1-6-1908 297 Assessing Ordinance. 
2-10-1908 303 Providing for issuance 
certificates. 
6-21-1909 418 Cancelling lien Lot 11 
DikweiZ 
12-6-1911 809 Cancelling lien Lot 11 
Blk. 12. 
12-16-1907 3 286 Providing for improve- 
ment. 
11-15-1907 292 Providing for improve- 
ment. 
1-6-1908 298 Assessing Ordinance. 
3-16-1908 305 Amending No. 298. 
3-18-1908 307 Providing for certificates. 
11-7-1907 5 287 Creating district. 
12-23-1907 289 Providing for improve- 
ment. ‘ 
5-4-1908 316 Establishing values for 
assessment. 
6-24-1908 Aves Amending 289. 
6-24-1908 329 Assessing Ordinance. 
7-24-1908 333 Providing for improve- 
ment. 
6-21-1909 418 Cancelling assessment 
against Blk. 12. 
1-25-1909 13 369 Assessing benefits. 
1-25-1909 14 370 Assessing benefits. 
11-29-1909 15-A 466 Assessing benefits. 
5-20-1910 15-B 520 Assessing benefits. 
6-1-1909 1/7 409 Assessing benefits. 
1-25-1909 18 3/1 Assessing benefits. 
4-24 1909 19 398 Assessing benefits. 
5-20-1909 20 407 Assessing benefits. 
3-29-1909 21 390 Assessing benefits. 
2-8-1909" 22 75 Assessing benefits. 
1-17-1910 23 477 Assessing benefits. 
8-23-1909 24 436 Assessing benefits. 
10-20-1909 24 450 Correcting description. 
10-20-1909 2 454 Assessing benefits. 


7-6-1909 26 420 Assessing benefits. 


322 STREET [IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 


Date District No. Ordinance No. — Purpose 


10-8-1909 26 445 Correcting description. 
7-8-1909 27 423 Assessing benefits. 
10-8-1909 Se 449 Amending No. 423. 
9-23-1909 28 438 Assessing benefits. 
6-1-1909 29 410 Assessing benefits. 
7-30-1909 30 428 Assessing benefits. 
7-30-1909 31 426 Assessing benefits. 
10-20-1909 32 453 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 AYA 594 Assessing benefits—Cor. 
recting 453. 
7-30-1909 33 425 Assessing benefits. 
10-20-1909 33 455 Amending No. 425. 
2-21-1910 34 482 Assessing benefits. 
12-20-1909 35 473 Assessing benefits. 
5-11-1910 36 518 Assessing benefits. 
9-17-1909 a7 442 Assessing benefits. 
7-30-1910 38 427 Assessing benefits. 
11-21-1910 40 636 Assessing benefits. 
5-11-1910 41 qo Le Assessing benefits. 
7-30-1909 42 429 Assessing benefits. 
4-7-1910 43 501 Assessing benefits. 
8-22-1910 44 599 Assessing benefits. 
4-5-1909 44-A 393 Assessing benefits. 
394 Assessing benefits. 
6-21-1909 44-B 419 Assessing ordinance. 
11+29-1909 45 465 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 55 597 Assessing benefits. 
5-10-1910 af, 516 Approving assignment 
contract. 
| 625 Assessing benefits. 
11-8-1909 60 460 Assessing benefits. 
6-7-1909 61 413 Assessing benefits. 
9-10-1909 64 441 Assessing benefits. 
10-24-1910 65 621 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 66 592 Assessing benefits. 
6-30-1910 67 549 Assessing benefits. 
1-6-1910 69 475 Assessing ordinance. 
1-10-1910 70 476 Assessing benefits. 
11-1-1910 71 624 Assessing benefits. 
5-20-1910 LZ 322 Assessing benefits. 
7-18-1910 74 575 Assessing benefits. 
5-20-1910 75 bed Assessing benefits. 
10-20-1909 76 452 Assessing benefits. 
11-8-1909 ti 460 Assessing benefits. 
11-8-1909 78 457 Assessing benefits. 
11-1-1909 79 456 Assessing benefits. 
6-23-1910 80 543 Assessing benefits. 
4-7-1910 83 499 Assessing benefits. 


STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 


Date District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
7-18-1910 84 574 Assessing benefits. 
7-18-1910 85 573 Assessing benefits. 
6-30-1910 88 550 Assessing benefits. 

4-7-1910 89 500 Assessing benefits. 
6-10-1910 90 So7 Assessing benefits. 

8-4-1910 91-A 585 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 91-B 593 Assessing benefits. 
1-31-1911 92 658 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 93 ahS Assessing benefits. 
12-6-1910 94 640 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 95 598 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 96 554 Assessing benefits. 
1-19-1912 97 830 Assessing benefits. 
12-6-1910 98 639 Assessing benefits. 
9-30-1910 99 617 Assessing benefits. 
1-31-1911 100 659 Assessing benefits. 

6-2-1910 101 SOS Providing for improve- 

ment. 
2-14-1911 101 667 Assessing. ordinance. 
11-14-1910 102 626 Assessing benefits. 

4-7-1911 103 693 Assessing benefits. 
7-25-1911 104 763 Assessing benefits. 
6-23-1911 105 740 Assessing benefits. 
2-14-1911 106 666 Assessing ordinance. 

3 107 806 Assessing benefits. (Re- 
pealed.) 
817 Repealing No. 806. 
834 Assessing benefits. 

3-6-1911 109 677 Assessing benefits. 

3-6-1911 110 679 Assessing benefits. 

3-6-1911 111 678 Assessing benefits. 
9-30-1910 We 619 Requiring water and 

sewer connections. 
5-11-1911 ja yes 711 Assessing ordinance. 
711-1911 116 758 Assessing ordinance. 
8-23-1911 117 778 Assessing ordinance. 
5-8-1912 118 856 Assessing benefits. 
1168 Repealing No. 856. 
L173 Re-assessing benefits. 

1-2-1912 119 823 Assessing benefits. 
10-5-1911 ‘120 796 Assessing benefits. 
11-21-1912 121 887 Assessing benefits. 
12-14-1911 122 814 Assessing benefits. 
9-26-1911 -. 123 pers Assessing benefits. 
12-9-1911 124 810 Assessing ordinance. 
1-19-1912 125 831 Assessing ordinance. 
12-14-1911 126 815 Assessing ordinance. 

2-5-1913 127 899 Assessing ordinance. 


324 


Date 
7-31-1913 
12-21-1911 
10-20-1911 
6-21-1912 
4-23-1912 
1-2-1912 
5-20-1913 
12-31-1912 
8-31-1912 
8-31-1912 
12-5-1912 
10-31-1912 


10-14-1921 
10-14-1921 
12-2-1921 
7-11-1922 
7-25-1922 
7-25-1922 
8-22-1922 


12-12-1922 
11-14-1922 


4-24-1923 
5-8-1923 


5-8-1923 


STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 


District No. 


127 
Wa, 


130 
131 
133 
134 
135 
137, 
139 
140 
143 
144 
145 
149 
150 
151 
152-AA 
152-AB 
152-B 
153 
155 
161 
162 
164 
166 
167 
168 
169 
170 
171 
172 
173 
174 
175-A 
175-B 
176 
177 
178 
7 
18C 
181 
182 
183 
184 
185 
186 
187 
188 


Ordinance No. 


924 
820 
798 
860 
852 
821 
914 
894 
877 
878 
891 
884 
O15 
917 
916 
Oe 
1213 
1218 
1191 
1154 
1203 
122) 
1232 
1231 
1234 
1247 
1248 
1249 
1253 
1290 
1264 
1291 
1259 


1275 
17293 


172 


Purpose . 


Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 


‘Assessing 


Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 
Assessing 


ordinance. 
ordinance. 


ordinance. 
ordinance. 
ordinance. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits 
benefits. 
benefits. 
benefits. 


Date 


Date 
7-13-1903 
9-21-1908 


9-25-1908 
10-5-1908 


3-31-1909 


10-5-1908 
1-18-1909 
3-29-1909 
10-19-1908 
1-18-1909 
4-11-1910 
4-22-1911 
11-9-1908 
3-29-1909 
11-18-1908 
8-23-1909 
11-18-1908 
11-20-1908 
3-29-1909 
11-23-1908 
3-29-1909 


4-24-1909 


11-2-1908 
3-29-1909 
5-3-1909 
6-7-1909 
12-8-1909 


STREET IMPROVEMENT—SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS 325 
District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
189 Assessing benefits. 
190 Assessing benefits. 
191 Assessing benefits. 
192 Assessing benefits. 
193 Assessing benefits. 
194 Assessing benefits. 
195 Assessing benefits. 
196 Assessing benefits. 
197 Assessing benefits. 
198 Assessing benefits. 
199 Assessing benefits. 
200 Assessing benefits. 
APPENDIX F. 
SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS. 
District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
97 Water & Sewer System. 
340 Providing for _ sewers. 
Const. laterals. 

1 346 Lat. Sewer Elgin Avenue. 

l 347 Creating district. 

l 392 Assessing benefits. 

2 348 Creating district. 

2 367 Assessing benefits. 

2 385 Assessing benefits. 

3 349 Creating district. 

3 368 Assessing benefits. 

3 506 Outlet, providing for. 

3 702 Outlet, providing for. 

+ 354 Creating district. 

+ 386 Assessing benefits. 

5 356 Creating distrist. 

5 435 Assessing benefits. 

A 354 Assessing benefits. 

6 359 Creating district. 

6 387 Assessing benefits. 
General 361 Issuance sewer bonds. 
General 389 Establishing and provid- 

ing for Sewers. 
General 397 Establishing and provid- 
ing for Sewers. 
General 363 Creating district. 
General 388 Assessing benefits. 
404 Creating district. 
8 411 Assessing benefits. 
9 470 Creating district. 


326 SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS 
Date District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
8-8-1910 9 589 Assessing benefits. 
0 Paid out of bond issue. 
11 Paid out of bond issue. 
9-12-1910 12 613 Creating district. 
12-3-1915 12 999 Assessing benefits. 
5-22-1923 12 1294 Assessing benefits. 
5-3-1909 13 405 Creating district. 
6-7-1909 13 412 Assessing benefits. 
4-30-1909 M. M. R. Add. 400 Establishing sewer in. 
6-9-1909 M. M. R. Add. 416 Repealing No. 400. 
12-8-1909 15 469 Creating district. 
7-18-1910 15 576 Assessing benefits. 
12-8-1909 16 471 Creating district. 
6-2-1910 16 532 Assessing benefits. 
12-20-1909 i7, 472 Creating district. 
6-2-1910 17 527, Assessing benefits. 
1-31-1910 18 479 Creating district. 
9-6-1910 18 607 Assessing benefits. 
2-24-1910 19 483 Establishing district. 
7-13-1910 19 556 Assessing benefits. 
3-10-1910 20 487 Establishing district. 
8-15-1910 20 596 Assessing benefits. 
3-10-1910 21 489 Establishing district. - 
8-22-1910 21 600 Assessing benefits. 
2-24-1910 22 484 Establishing district. 
22 555 Assessing benefits. 
2-24-1910 23 486 Establishing district. 
Assessing benefits. 
3-10-1910 24 488 Establishing district. 
8-8-1910 24 587 Assessing benefits. 
3-13-1911 24 683 Assessing benefits, 
Block 149. 
3-31-1910 25 494 Establishing district. 
9-6-1910 Za 608 Assessing benefits. 
4-11-1910 26 503 Establishing district. 
8-8-1910 26 588 Assessing benefits. 
4-11-1910 27 504 Establishing district. 
7-28-1910 27 580 Assessing benefits. 
8-22-1910 7, 603 Amending No. 580. 
5-23-1910 28 525 Establishing district. 
9-9-1910 28 611 Assessing benefits. 
5-23-1910 29 524 Hstablishing district. 
9-6-1910 29 610 Assessing benefits. 
5-23-1910 30 526 Establishing district. 
8-22-1910 30 604 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 32 557 Establishing district. 
1-31-1911 oe 662 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 33 558 Establishing district. 


SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS 327 


Date District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
1-31-1911 55: 663 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 34 559 Establishing district. 
1-31-1911 34 661 Assessing benefits. 
7-13-1910 35 560 Establishing district. - 
7-28-1910 35 583 Repealing No. 560. 
7-28-1910 34 584 Establishing district. 
8-22-1910 35 601 Establishing district. 
12-19-1910 35 643 Assessing benefits. 

_ 7-15-1910 36 564 Establishing district. 
11-21-1910 36 633 Assessing benefits. 

9-9-1910 as 612 Creating district. 
3-15-1911 37 686 Assessing benefits. 
8-15-1910 38 595 Creating district. 

1-9-1911 38 | 648 Assessing benefits. 
9-30-1910 38 616 Correcting description. 
8-22-1910 39 602 Establishing district. 
1-16-1911 650 Assessing benefits. 
8-22-1910 40 605 Creating district. 
3-6-1911 676 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911. 42 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 
4-7-1911 698 Assessing benefits. 
12-14-1910 43 629 Creating district. 
4-5-1911 692 Assessing benefits. 

1-9-1911 4a 647 Creating district. 
1-17-1911 653 Amending No. 647. 
3-15-1911 688 Creating district. 
8-8-1911 © 1742, Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 45 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 
6-8-1911 728 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 46 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 

5-2-1911 707 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 47 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 
3-13-1911 682 Assessing benefit. 
1-16-1911 48 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 | 673 Amending No. 651. 

-7-1911 697 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 49 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 ; 673 Amending No. 651. 
6-8-1911 729 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 50 651 Creating district. 
2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 
8-8-1911 . 771 Assessing benefits. 
1-16-1911 aL 651 Creating district. 


2-27-1911 673 Amending No. 651. 


328 


Date 


6-23-1911 
2-27-1911 
4-22-1911 
8-8-1911 
3-15-1911 
6-8-1911 
3-15-1911 
8-8-1911 
3-15-1911 
6-23-1911 
4-7-1911 
8-8-1911 
5-9-1911 
12-5-1911 
4-22-1911 


5-31-1911 
8-8-1911 
6-8-1911 

1-19-1912 
6-8-1911 

9-21-1911 


10-20-1911 
8-22-1911 
12-12-1911 
9-5-1911 
2-20-1912 
9-5-1911 
1-19-1912 
9-12-1911 
12-12-1911 
9-19-1911 
12-12-1912 
11-21-1911 
2-13-1912 
10-3-1911 
2-20-1912 
4-5-1912 
7-16-1912 
2-16-1912 
6-21-1912 


SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS 


District No. 


a2 


53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 


59 
60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
67 
68 
69 
Ji 
12 
73 
74 
Ag 
76 


Ordinance No. 


744 
674 
704 
Tie 
687 
731 
687 
776 
687 
743 
696 
775 
710 
808 
703 


Purpose 


Assessing benefits. 
Creating district: 
Amending No. 6/4. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing: benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 


(Paid out of Bond Fund.) 


Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 


SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS 329 


Date District No. Ordinance No. Purpose 
4-16-1912 7h 846 Creating district. 
9-10-1912 7 879 Assessing benefits. 
3-26-1912 79 844 Creating district. 
5-7-1912 854 Creating district. 
12-4-1912 890 Providing for hearing 
complaints. 
12-31-1912 893 Assessing benefits. 
3-19-1920 85 1169 Creating District. 
6-8-1920 1190 Assessing benefits. 
4-10-1920 86 1174 Creating district. 
8-24-1920 1199 Assessing benefits. 
8-31-1920 87 1202 Creating district. 
12-14-1920 1210 Assessing benefits. 
6-3-1922 88 1246 Creating district. 
9-12-1922 1255 Assessing benefits. 
6-3-1922 89 1245 Creating district. 
8-22-1922 1254 Assessing benefits. 
11-14-1922 90 1260 Creating district. 
3-13-1923 1273 Assessing benefits. 
12-12-1922 91 1265 Creating district. 
4-10-1923 1286 Assessing benefits. 
12-12-1922 92 1266 Creating district. 
3-27-1923 VAM Assessing benefits. 
12-26-1922 93 1267 Creating district. 
3-20-1923 1276 Assessing benefits. 
2-27-1923 94 1274 Creating district. 
1298 Assessing benefits. 
4-10-1923 95 1280 Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
96 1295 Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
97 Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
98 Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 
99 Creating district. 


Assessing benefits. 


100 Creating district. 
Assessing benefits. 


330 


STORM SEWERS 


Date Ordinance No. 


7-13-1903 
9-21-1908 


9-26-1908 


11-9-1908 
11-21-1908 
2-1-1909 
4-19-1919 


3-31-1910 


4-11-1910 
4-11-1910 
6-20-1910 


7-15-1910 
7-25-1910 


9-6-1910 
12-19-1910 
4-22-1911 


8-1-1911 
4-5-1912 
10-8-1915 
11-23-1915 
2-21-1916 
3-17-1916 
5-27-1918 


4-29-1922 


97 
340 


346 


APPENDIX G. 


STORM SEWERS. 


Purpose 


Water & Sewer System, Extension of. 
Provision for construction of laterals to 
main. 

Lateral Sewer on Elgin between 57 and 
164. 

Lateral “A” Elgin Avenue. 

Bonds. Storm and Sanitary Sewers. 
Outlets, Storm Sewers 1, 2 and 3. 

Storm Sewer: Provision for condemna- 
tion of lands for. 
Providing for Storm Sewer on So. Chero- 
kee Street. 

Storm Sewer, South Junction Avenue. 
Outlet Main Storm Sewer, Dist. 3. 
Outlets to Storm Sewers—Provision for 
construction of. 

Sanitary Relief Sewer, providing. 

Outlet to proposed Junction Avenue 
Sewer. 

Southside Blvd. and Denison Streets. 
Repairs to Sewer on Katy Right-of-way. 
District 3. Provision for outlet ditch and 
sewer to. 

Provision for outlet ditch for Dist. No. 1. 
North Slope main Sanitary Sewer. 
Sewer—Provision for bonds for. 
Sewer—Provision for bonds for. 
Sewer—Provision for bonds for. 
Sewer—Provision for bonds for. 

Sewers to be built under supervision of 
City Engineer. 

Requiring sewer connections. 


FRANCHISES AND SPECIAL CONTRACTS 331 
APPENDIX H. 
FRANCHISES AND SPECIAL CONTRACTS. 
Ord. To Whom Granted Purpose Date Term 
Years 


No. 
Zia 
274 


af 
102 
930 


941 
144 


148 
152 


544 
62 


179 
p20 


353 
437 
459 


535 
545 
802 
908 


1045 
1051 


1074 
1040 


1044 
253 


547 
902 


Convention Hall 
do 


Cemetery, Green 
Hill. 
C. N. Haskell & 
W. R. Eaton 
Mackey Telegraph 
& Cable Co. 

do 
Midland Valley 
Railroad Company 

do 

do 


do 
Missouri, Kansas & 
Texas Railway 
Company 

do 

do 


do 
do 
do 


do 


do 
do 
do 


do 
do 


do 
do 


do 
Missouri, Oklahoma 
& Gulf Railroad 

do 

do 


Appropriating $7175 for 7-13-1905 


Erection, control, main- 


tenance, etc. 5-7-1907 
Conveying part to Cath- 
olic Congregation 3-18-1907 
Electric Railway 8-15-1903 
Telegraph 10-15-1913 
do 3-3-1914 
Right-of-way 5-11-1904 
do 5-1-1904 
do (Amend. No. 
148) 7-1-1904 
Requiring to pave, etc. 6-23-1910 
Adjusting controversy 
station grounds. 12-16-1901 
Coaling Station 12-5-1904 


Extending Cincinnati 

across tracks 

Sewer on right-of-way 11-24-1908 
Gas pipe on right-of-way 8-24-1909 
Right-of-way thru 


Block 22 11-8-1909 
Right-of-way across 

certain streets 6-6-1910 
To drain tracks 6-23-1910 
Extending Cincinnati 11-21-1911 
Vacating lola and 

Kankakee Sts. 4-19-1913 


Pipe line on right-of-way 2-4-1917 
Spur track to Fair 


Grounds 5-11-1917 
Coaling Station 9-28-1917 
Gas Pipe line on right- 
of-way 12-12-1916 
do 1-26-1917 
Deeding Block 20 to 12-21-1905 
Requiring to pave, etc. 6-23-1910 
Right-of-way 2-25-1913 


30 


332 


FRANCHISES AND SPECIAL CONTRACTS 


Ord. To Whom Granted 


No. 
145 
178 


193 
283 


542 
D77, 
845 


1209 


169-173 Muskogee 


58 


151 


231 


Ira L. Reeves, et al, 

Muskogee Electric 

Traction Company 
do 


do 


do 
do 
do 


do 


Oil 
Refining Co. 
Muskogee Light & 
Power Company 
Muskogee Ice & 
Power Company 
Oklahoma Gas & 
Electric Company 
Muskogee National 
Telephone Com- 
pany 
Pioneer Telephone 
& Telegraph Com- 
pany 

do 
Muskogee South- 
ern Railway 
Muskogee Union 
Railway Company 

do 
Ozark & Cherokee 
Central Railway 

do 

do 
Gills-Sanders Gro- 
cer Company 
Smith-Torrens 
Furniture Company 
st. Louis & San 
Francisco R. R. Co. 
Jes W. Zevely, et 
al, 


Transferring Block 20 6-22-1903 


Purpose Date Term 
Years 
_ Electric Railway 5-14-1904 30 
Right-of-way, addition- 
al streets 12-5-1904 
do (Amend- 
ing No. 178) 3-6-1905 
Right-of-way, Additional 
streets 8-5-1907 
do do 5-31-1910 
do do 8-1-1910 
do 4-1-1912 
Double tracks over via- 
duct 12-14-1920 
Grant to use certain 
streets 9-19-1904 
Light and power 5-14-1901 25 
do 6-6-1904 
Street Lamps, Contract 
for 11-1-1921 "2 
Telephone system 3-16-1903 20 
Conduit, Wall Street 10-15-1912 
Use of Streets 11-29-1909 
Right-of-way 12-21-1903 


Right-of-way 10-5-1903 
Right-of-way 11-11-1903 
do 11-14-1903 
do 6-6-1904 
Switch to 9-23-1903 
do 4-7-1904 
Requiring to Pave 6-23-1910 
Gas 11-16-1905 25 


PAVING OF STREETS 


APPENDIX I. 


PAVING OF STREETS. 


Designated by Names of Streets. 


Street 


Ash 


Arline 
Arline 
Arline 
Altamont 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 


Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 


Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 
Broadway, 


Broadway, 
Boston 
Boston 
Boston 
Boston 


Baltimore 
Baltimore 
Baltimore 
Baltimore 
yah 

nR? 

al Bk 

Gy 

oOo 
Callahan 
Callahan 
Capitol 


West 
West 
West 


West 
West 
West 
West 
East 
East 


Fast 


East 
East 
East 
East 
East 


East 


Portion 
N. line Gibson to N. line Martin-Miller 
Reid Add 
W. line Junction to E. line 24th 


Junction to 21st 


9 ft. strip at Junction and Arline 
Market to Girard 

W. line 3rd to W. line 6th 

W. line 6th to E. line 14th 

W. line M. K. & T. R of W to E. line 
M.°-K. & I- R of W 

2nd to 3rd 

E. line 14th to E. line 24th 

24th to 31st 

W. line 6th to M. K. & T. R of W 

W. line “D” to W. line “G” 

K. line M. K. & T. R of W to W. line 
Cherokee 

Cherokee to “C” (Part) 

gy to “1”? (Part) 

Wiese ,-(x. to. b. line 1,” 

Ev ime “L”’ to W. line “R” 

eRe toeUtah 

E. line M. K. & T. R of W to W. line 
Cherokee 

E. line Cherokee to W. line “D” 

W. line 6th to E. line 17th 

E. line 17th to E. line 24th 

W. line 4th to E. line 6th 

E. line 24th to W. line Blk. 2-3 S. Alta 
Vista Add 

E.. line Cherokee to W. line Spaulding 
He ines Ke wito WwW alne «PY 

E. line Spaulding to W. line “G” 
Peliness be toeWs lines R 

S. line Okmulgee to N. line Frankfort 
Frankfort South 

N. line Okmulgee to S. line Callahan 
N. line Callahan to N. line Lawrence 


S. line Okmulgee to N. line Cincinnati 


E.. line Cherokee to W. line “G” 
W. line “G” to east City Limits 
South to North Terrace 


333 


District 


2 fe 
112 
eZ 
130 
iS 


334 


Street 


Carolyn 
Central 
Cherokee, North 
Cherokee, North 
Cherokee, North 


Cherokee, North 
Cherokee, South 
Cherokee, South 
Cherokee, South 


Cherry 
Chesnutt 
Cincinnati 
Cincinnati 
Columbus 
Columbus 
Columbus 


Commercial 
Commercial 
Commercial 
Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

Court 

tA Die 

D4 

Dayton 
Dayton 
Dayton 
Denison 
Denison 
Denison 
Denison 
Denison 
Denison 
Denver 
Denver 
Denver 


PAVING OF STREETS 


Portion 


W. line Junction to E. line 23rd 

All 

S. line Callahan to N. line Dayton 
N. line Dayton to S. line Fon du Lac 
N. line Okmulgee to S. line Callahan 
(Widening) N. line Dayton to S. line 
Fon du Lac 

N. line Okmulgee to N. line Frisco 
R of W 

N. line Frisco to N. line South Side 
Blvd. 

N. line South Side Blvd. to City Lim- 
its South 

Gibson to North Street 

Manitou to Haskell 

E. line Cherokee to W. line Spaulding 
Main to Cherokee ) 
W. line 4th to E. line 6th 

W. line 7th to E. line 11th 

W. line 23rd to W. line Blk. 1 West 
Park Add. 

E.. line 3rd to E. line 4th 

W. line Main to W. line 2nd 

W. line 2nd to E. line 3rd 

W. line 17th to E. line 24th 

W. line 2nd to E. line 3rd 

E. line 3rd to E. line 4th 

W. line 5th to E. line 6th 

Main to Lombard (Part) 

W. line 4th to E. line 5th 

W. line 6th to E. line 7th 

7th to 17th. 

Viaduct Approach 

W. line Main to E. line 5th 

N. line Okmulgee to S. line Dayton 


S. line Okmulgee to N. line Frankfort 


Eline Cute We liner 
W. line “E” to W. line “L,” 
E.. line Cherokee to W. line “C” 
W. line Main to E. line 2nd 
E. line 2nd to E. line 4th 

W. line 4th to E. line 5th 

E.. line 5th to E. line 6th 

9th to 17th 

W. line Main to E. line 4th 
W. line 11th to E. line 14th 
W. line 7th to E. line 11th 
14th to Junction 


District 


112 
134 
1-19 
1-19 
3 


19 
3 
40 


153 
116 
L2f 

69 
171 


PAVING OF STREETS 335 


Street Portion , District 
Dorchester Heiser es 178 
at Ds: N. line Dayton to S. line Houston 31 


Fast Side Blvd. N. line Okmulgee to N. line Irving 91-A 
East Side Blvd. N. line Irving to S. line Lawrence 91-B 


East Side Blvd. N. line Lawrence to City Limits 104 
Fast Street W. line 4th to E. line 5th 106 
Eighth N. line Broadway to S. line Emporia ‘55 
Kighth | Elgin to Okmulgee 125 
Eleventh S. line Fon du Lac to N. line Elgin 65 
Eleventh S. line Elgin to N. line Hartford 99 
Elmira 7 E. line Cherokee to W. line “G” 75 
Elgin F.. line 6th to E. line 8th 5 
Elgin FE. line 8th to E. line 14th 17 
Elgin FE. line Main to W. line 4th 57 
Elgin W. line 4th to W. line Owen DF 
Elgin E.. line 6th to W. line Owen 74 
Elgin W. line 14th to E. line Junction 1 
Elgin } Junction to 24th 119 
Elgin FE. line 24th to E. line 28th 179 
Emporia W. line 6th to E. line 12th 36 
Emporia W. line 4th to E. line 6th 61 
Emporia W. line 12th to E. line 20th iz 
Estelle | W. line Junction to W. line 22nd 112 
Bes N. line Okmulgee to S. line Lawrence 44-A 
Felix E. line “C” to Alley east 105 
Fifth N. line Okmulgee to S$. line Denison 5 
Fifth S. line Okmulgee to N. line Columbus 1 
Fifth N. line Denison to S. line Market 78 
Fifth N. line Market to S. line Fon du Lac 79-125 
Fifth N. line Fon du Lac to S. line Tamaroa 118 
Fifteenth N. line Okmulgee to S. line Fon du Lac 66 
Fifteenth S. line Okmulgee to N. line Elgin 94 
Fifteenth S. line Elgin to E. line Junction 12 
Fifteenth Junction to Fremont 112 
Fifteenth S. line Okmulgee to N. line Elgin 181 
Fon du Lac » BK. line M. K. & T. R of W to W. line “C” 20 
Fon du Lac FE. line M.K.& T. Rof Wto W. line 4th 23 
Fon du Lac FE. line 4th to E. line 19th 23 
Fourth N. line Commercial to N. line Court 1 
Fourth N. line Court to N. line Broadway 1 
Fourth S. line Broadway to N. line Okmulgee 1 
Fourth S. line Okmulgee to N. line M. V. R. R. 
R of W 1 
Fourth S. line Fon du Lac to N. line Commercial 20 
‘Fourth N. line M. V. R of W to S. line Denison 152-B 
Fourth S. line South Side Blvd to S. line Kala- 
mazoo 169 


Fourteenth S. line Elgin to S. line Emporia 27 


336 


Street 
Fourteenth 


Fourteenth 
Fredonia 
Fredonia 
Fremont 
Fremont 


“(3 


melee 

wie 

Ax 
Galveston 
Galveston 
Garland 
Georgetown 
Georgetown 
Gibson 


Girard 
“HL” 
Hartford 
Hartford 
Haskell 
Houston 
Houston 
Howard 
Irving 
Irving 


e699 


66799 


Jefferson 
Jefferson 
Junction 
Junction 
pK 

Ia Ex 

Lake 
Lawrence 
Lawrence 
Lawrence 
Live Oak 
Locust 


Lombard 
Main 
Main 
Main 


Main 


PAVING OF STREETS 


Portion 


N. line Emporia to S. line Lot 17 Block 
226 

S. line Elgin to E. line Junction 

E. line “C” to W. line East Side Blvd. 
EF. line East Side Blvd. to E. line “J” 
FE. line 9th to W. line 14th 

W. line 14th to E. line Junction 

N. line Dayton to §. line Houston 

N. line Okmulgee to S. line Dayton 

S. line Okmulgee to N. line Frankfort 
S. line Okmulgee to N. line Park Drive 


‘EK. line “F” to W. line “G” Street 


E. line “G” to W. line East Side Blvd. 
2lst to 24th 

W. line 14th to E. line Junction 

10 to 14th 

E. line East Side Blvd. to East City 
limits 

DilietOes tine 

N. line Houston to S. line Gibson 

W. line 14th to E. line Junction 

llth to 14th 

Fredonia to York 

E. line “C” to W. line “K” 

W. line “K” to Virginia 

5th to 7th 

E. line “C” to W. line East Side Blvd. 
E. line East Side Blvd to W. line “H” St. 
N. line Fredonia to S. line Houston 
Houston to Gibson 

E. line “C” to West line East Side Blvd. 
F.. line East Side Blvd. to W. line “J” 
N. line Court to S. line Jackson 

N. line Court to S. line Denison 

S. line Okmulgee to S. line Baltimore 
S. line Callahan to N. line Okmulgee 
W. line Main to E. line 4th 

FE. line East Side Blvd. to Utah . 
E. line East Side Blvd. to E. line “C” 


' Live Oak to first alley west 


Gibson to Manitou 

Gibson to N. line Martin-Miller-Reid 
Add. 

N. line Wall to S. line Court 

N. line Court to S. line Commercial 


». line Okmulgee to N. line M. V. R of W 


Broadway to Denison 
S. line Commercial to S. line Fon du Lac 


District 


HZ 
76 
149 
105 
LiZ 
64 
77 
84 
84 
104 
104 
175-A 
112 
122 


44-C 
118 
170 
112 
122 
151 


1 

1 

1-20 
20 


Street 


Main 
Main 
Main 


Manitou 
Manitou 
Manitou 
Maple 
Market 
Ne 

Ninth 
Ninth 
Ninth- 
Ninth 
Ninth 
Oklahoma 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 


Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 


Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 


Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 
Okmulgee, 


Park Drive 
Park Drive 
Park Alley 
Second 
Second 


Second 
Second 


Seventh 
Seventh 


West 
West 
West 
West 
West 


West 
West 
East 
Fast 
Fast 


East 


East 


East 
East 


‘PAVING OF STREETS 


Portion 
S. line Elgin to N. line Kalamazoo 
Fon du Lac to Girard 
N. line M. V. R of W to S. line M. K. 
Cr ieee Olas WV 
E. line Summit to Live Oak 
Summit to Ash 
Live Oak to First Alley west 
N. line Gibson to S. line Lawrence 
4th to 10th Street 
S. line Okmulgee to N. line Baltimore 
S. line Okmulgee to N. line Elgin 
N. line Fon du Lac to S. line Terrace 
S. line Elgin to N. line Fremont 
Terrace Blvd. to Terrace Place 
Okmulgee to Fon du Lac 
Junction to 24th 
W. line 4th to W. line 6th 
2nd to 3rd 
W. line 6th to E. line 20th 
W. line 20th to E. line 24th 
W. line M. K. & T. R of W to W. line 
6th 
E. line 24th to W. line 29th 
29th to City Limits 
E. line M. K. & T. R of W to W. line 
Cherokee 
W. line M. K. & T. R of W to E. line 
M. K. & T. Right of Way 


east 

E. line Cherokee to W. line Spaulding 
W. line Spaulding to E. line “K” 
Paine ik to line “Pe” 

PE atouultaly 

Baltimore to Monta / 

N. line Okmulgee to S. line Callaha 

S. line Okmulgee to S. line Baltimore 
S. line Okmulgee to E. line Spaulding 
W. line Spaulding to “G” 

N. line Market to S. line Fon du Lac 
N. line Wall to S. line Commercial 

S. line Frisco R of W to N. line South- 
side Blvd. 

Okmulgee to N. line M. V. R of W 

N. line M. V. R. R. R of W to S&S. line 
Commercial 

Frisco Railroad to Southside Blvd. 
N. line M. V. R. R. Rof W to &. line 


E. line M. K. & T. extending 95 feet 
1 


337 


District 


111 
144 


52-AA 
25 
a fa 


70 
88 
85 
177 
162 
1 


20 


152-B 
NY, 


338 PAVING OF STREETS" 


Street Portion District 

Terrace Place 43 
Seventeenth N. line Boston to S. line Fon du Lac 71 
Sixth N. line Elgin to S. line Fon du Lac 5 
Sixth Fon du Lac to Girard 131 
Sixteenth N. line Okmulgee to S. line Fon du Lac 28 
Sixteenth S. line Okmulgee to N. line Boston 89 
Sixteenth Denver to Junction 116 
South Side Blvd. 7th to Main 117 
South Side Blvd. Cherokee to “B” 150 
Spaulding S. line Okmulgee to S. line Cincinnati 83 
Spaulding S. line Okmulgee to N. line Park Drive 177 
Summit N. line Gibson to N, line Martin-Miller- 

Reid Add 109 
Tennyson W. line Junction to E. line 23rd 15 ¥- 
Tenth N. line Fon du Lac to S. line S. Terrace 101 
Tenth N. line Emporia to S. line Fon du Lac 106 
Tenth N. line Georgetown to §S. line Court 120° 
Tenth Denison to Emporia 126 
Terrace, South S. W. line Block 256 to N. line Fon 

du Lac 90 
Terrace, South FE. line 12th to Fon du Lac 90 
Terrace, North W. line Capitol Place to E. line 7th 101 
Terrace, West E. line 12th to N. W. line Block 256 90 
Terrace,2S:2We N. W. line Block 256 to S. E. line Block 

256 90 
Terrace Place 7th to 9th 118 
Thirteenth N. line Boston to S. line Fon du Lac 26 
Thirteenth S. line Boston to N. line Elgin 45 
Thirteenth Elgin to Hartford 122 
Thirteenth S. line Okmulgee to N. line Boston fae 
Third N. line Court to §. line Commercial 1 
Third ©. line Okmulgee to N. line M. V. R. R. 

R of W 5-20 
Third N. line Commercial to S. line Fon du Lace 20 
Third N. linesM. Vo Rit RAR ot W tesserae 
Third Kalamazoo ae 107 

N. line Fon du Lac to S. line Iola 110 
Third N. line Okmulgee to S. line Fon du Lac 152-AB 
Twelfth N. line Broadway to S. line Fon du Lac 5 
Twelfth N. line Elgin to S. line Boston 33 
Twelfth 5. line Boston to S. line Broadway 33 
Twelfth N. line Fon du Lac to N. line W. Terrace 90 
Twelfth N. line West Terrace to S. line Tamaroa 90 
Twenty-first S. line Arline to N. line Williams 112 
Twenty-second S. line Arline to S. line Estelle - 112 
Twenty-third S. line Arline to S. line Tennyson Li? 
Twenty-third Arline to Boston 119 


Twenty-third Boston to Broadway 150 


PAVING OF STREETS 339 


Street Portion District 
Twenty-sixth N. line Columbus to S. line W. Okmulgee 175-B 
Tower Hill Blvd. N. line Columbus to S. line W. Okmulgee 175-B 
Utah © Callahan to Haskell 127 
Viaduct, East Ap- | | 

proach 
Wall FE. line Lombard to E. line Third 1-20 
Wall W. line 3rd W. 108 feet 161 


Walnut N. line Gibson to S. line North Street 41 


PAVING OF ALLEYS AND STREET INTERSECTIONS 


Designated by Block numbers, etc. 


Street 
Improvement 
District 

Block 4 Court to Main 
Block 5 East and West Alley 20 
Block 6 N. line Wall to S. line Court 80 
Block 8 East and West and North and South alleys 161 
Block 8 N. line Wall to S. line Court 161 
Block. 9 W. line 4th to E. line 5th 13 
Block 12 FE, line 6th to N. and S. alley 167 
Block 12 N. and §S. Alley, Broadway to Okmulgee 167 
Block 18 N. line Court to S. line Denison 20 
Block 23 12 foot alley 121 
Block 30 N. line Broadway to S. line Callahan 20 
Block 53 W. line 2nd to E. line Times Alley 98 
Block 54 15 foot alley 121 
Block 120 Alley 116 
Block 152 Alleys 133 
Block 153 Alleys jos. 
Block 154 Alleys | 133 
Block 164 Alleys 133 
Block 165 Alleys 133 
Block 183 Alleys 143 
Block 184 Alleys 143 
Block 187 Alleys | 174 
Block 188 Alleys 134 
Block 195 Alleys 143 
Block 402 Alleys 143 
Times Alley 98 
Columbus Ave. Alley 
Railroad Crossing, Frisco and Midland Valley 113 
Intersection 14th and Emporia ; 101 
Intersection 4th and Fon du Lac 101 
Intersection Okmulgee and Park Drive 104 


Intersection Lawrence and Walnut 104 


340 


Ord. No. 


751 

920 
1078 
1093 
1114 
1138 
1159 
1165 
1181 
1189 


1179 
1240 


507 
561 


1237 


MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES 


APPENDIX J. 
MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES. 


Purpose 


Appropriation, for year ending June 30, 1912. 

Appropriation, for year ending June 30, 1914. 

Appropriation, Additional for 1917-1918. 

Appropriation, Additional for 1918-1919. 

Appropriation, Tax Levy for 1918-1919. 

Appropriation, Annual for 1919-1920. 

Appropriation, Tax Levy for 1919-1920. 

Appropriation, Additional for 1919-1920. 

Appropriation, Re-Appropriation Miscellaneous Funds. 

Appropriation, Additional 1919-1920; Water Revenue 
und. 

Athletic Park, Creating Board of Commissioners. 

Athletic Park, Amending No. 1179. 


B. 
Barn, City. Appropriation for. 
Barn, City. Appropriation for. 


C. 
City Manager, Salary. 


MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES 341 


Ord. No. 


338 
994 
998 
1040 
1044 


1045. 


1046 
1188 
1197 
979 
514 


Purpose 


E. 


G. 


Gas Mains, Prohibiting connection. 

Gas Pipe Line, Providing for Bonds. 

Gas Pipe Line, Providing for Bonds. 

Gas Pipe Line, on M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

Gas Pipe Line, Terms and conditions for furnishing 
natural gas. 

Gas Pipe Line, on M. K. & T. right-of-way. 

Gas Pipe Line, collection of money from sale of gas. 
Gas Pipe Line, money from sale of. 

Gas Pipe Line, disbursement of funds from sale of. 
Grade Map of H. V. Hinkley, made official. 

Green Hill Cemetery, Creating Board Trustees. 


342 


Ord. No. 


89 


795 
1007 
1008 
1018 


pod 


MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES 


Purpose 


<b. 
Jail Site, Appropriating $6,999.00. 


M. , 
Metropolitan Building, Tunnel under sidewalk. 
Metropolitan Building, Opening in sidewalk authorized. 
Metropolitan Building, Permission to erect smokestack. 
Metropolitan Building, Permission to erect smokestack. 


P. 
Prisoners, U. S. Appropriating $1000 for care of. 


MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES , 343 


Ord. No. — Purpose 
Q. 
R. 
S, 
433 Schools, Transfer of property for. 
528 Sidewalks ; Refusal to accept land for. 
811 Sidewalks; Reduction in width on Court Street. 
T. 
U. 
V. 
189 Viaduct, Extending Charleston Street. 
195 Viaduct, Correcting description in deed to approach. 
206 Viaduct, To provide overhead crossing. 
216 Viaduct, Extending Court Street to Cherokee Street. 
217 Viaduct, Over M. K. & T. tracks. 
222 Viaduct, Over M. K. & T. tracks. 
523 Viaduct, Correcting description in deed to approach. 
LiZA Viaduct, Providing for bonds for improvement of. (Not 
issued). | 
1197 — Viaduct, Creating Viaduct and Street Fund. 
1209 Viaduct, Permitting M. E. T. Company to double-track. 
531 Water Works, Water Pipe, purchase of. 


534 Water Works, Water Pipe, purchase of. 


344 : INDEX TO CHARTER 


CHARTER 
INDEX 

A. 
Section 
Abandoned Materials, Sale of.......2._W.4i 22 94 
Actions, City may. Stie..22.cc ee gna 7 
Accounts, Public Utility... eee Ti, 
Accounts of City Audit). 22 ee 100 
Administrative Departments _.)20222 2 84 
Adopting Clauses = =. == eee nid vesens doveatiotneesdokag: ee 1 
Administrative Ordinances (.2..2.ocpicceecece -ceeencer person ee 62 
Adjourned Meetings ...2.-0..3. 43 
Amendment to Charter... 200) Soe 28-113 
Amendment Ordinance )0...202 200 sie 
Assessments, Special for certain purposes.........2. 20 4 
Attotney, Cit y_- 2 iccccceececensesrntecctesee- soe eevee eee ete cee 101 
Attorneys, Employment Of.....-------32-<.0eeo ee 60 
Auditors, Employment of.......... aposbaseataspedentcet alent a en 60-77 
Accountant .2.222202.ccceccsccccceeencectue cooecece HSS taee canoe 100 

B. 
Ballots, Counting: <._..--2.2o--:-co:-ceceqe-ce see 11-12 
Ballots, Election 21....-:cccfcc0c.-c0-s-)-on2c-2esecee eee 11-13 
Ballots, City Clerk to Prepare... insect ee 11-14 
Benefits Acquired. 2:1 23...2) 0p eee ee Eee "4 
Bequests, May receive, etc..0..0.)0 mys 
Bids for Supplies,” When.........2-2.2.-2 2 eee U2 
Boards, Creating liic.ec.cccc:cclicescsnectssooc ate 84 
Boards, ‘Park, :ete 23) 2 heals ee 84-102-103-104 
Bonds, What Required_....002. 2 cAn. ee 61 
Bonds, Power to Issue......33.00--c5- ee 2 
Books, Account.....22220 5. 2 a 77 
Books, Record’ and Reference... 76 
Boundaries, City 20Yi202 220 1 
Bureau of Complaints...) 70 
Budget’ for .City..2.2.. 2, TO 99 

C. 
Candidates; How: Chosen). s2.0 2 ee ee 9-10 
Canvass of. Return: 0.0 lo 13 
Cars, Speed [ih shane ba eee ek ee) as ae 69 
Charter, How, Amended’). 20 22 wien) ee 28-113 
City Court) 258 422,05 21 oe ale een ae 103 
City, Clerko wie el eee 42-48 
City Manager (200 2 eee ee 48-83 
City Treasurer, ja. s.ssnuue saith a A a 48 
City Boards 1...53-cahsdel ee Sek Oe 48 
City Government Departments. 2.......... ee 84-85-86 


City Printing 


INDEX TO CHARTER 345 


C. 
Section 
Ee EERIE Lye Sale tO lee ce ee ee ee 94 
CES EWC ead ee i dela eel Ald AD a a aN Ste ie ea 101 
NES NaS UENT ASS GRIN ie ee ae et ANNE SRA pS 100 
COST Sy a ATS ASN oni i tama: AP ah a A i Ree OR el a 2 
ere CLOUT Ole LICE Ls meen ce ee eer elt he 50 
REIS CO SULT Cate erg nese a ee Re UY a ee, 70 
DER PC OCR TINCT IVC Ctr ee ea ba AE: cae conan 106 
Ree OTIC S eC UC ei ree ge eae cee hin chne 109 
PS Rg LO Bini SCE U A eae me eh mle, el Dh a A a a 67 
Beerrererse OTIC DY MEA VOT i ee oes eS ctps canon fot ptenenceennecenete 81 
ere Cet Wee IO LIES CTIOC fs Me iec eestor 90 
6) Sb oC AA Gee a, Oa ee ee De Hose Seer ON 92 
Bee CES ME Cm nee een yc fo8y ceria ec SAS feavi iy nasetasier)=cc3 ee, 2 
Reeaaeliniene CCtloiN. Of et. eet A Ce oy Oe 5 
[oS ALOR Rare Aya ce elle Sie tee ae en REI a tons 3 ae EO PS BBR ee DE ar 45 
fer e  eacIOMPOPeNn 4 2.c0) ents. UL I 45-46 
eet ti Mom tiities:...2 steers ee te Ooh ee OS 63 
Pete eeOisla tives LOWEerSi. acne UE oF 
om h, LE Moai «Wea ide 8 i Ne a ee a ov eee A oA ean ee Sf 
Jerald ATS SET 9 (et a ce 5 34 
STE GMS NY GHG ANTONIS 01 5 «e220 Re BY 0 oe 
PPE emIMETCO TRO mar ee et a, 36-47 
Og CSTE TSS fs (er 10) sg ee ee 37-39 
ea retenMeC 1 Liane re Ask ee EN I lie ed 38 
Memnverr ml at Cresteiiiaoity GiDUSINCSS. 9.22)... Tete eee eee ces 40 
Me Gee OTe a tIQMeEGXPCMSCS.:..25.).-2..2cc2s2csesccseceseoe tied cedgeeescegcoseceee 41 
RCE UMUC WaY 2 a9 12a 43-44 
eee CmICCCrl cowmeees ees NS a 110 
Codes VS Yee SEGUE BI et ee 105 
Caaiee ANU GEIR sso) al et eae Ce en ec 2 

D. 
EE. ALTOS A Tg he oP eA ee ean Se eM re Rp RaR ons aE en 100 
ner tt ELC me Cpe ee ele ee ee ete ages ed Z 
MeMehartimeiits Of ity GOVEININENT...o.2 cote eects 84 
Mereetnientoteliblic Llealth 12 see. ep eee 86 
Derr rmer TLCEO TET LCL CSUs cost vert as ee Es pate ete pag odes 96 
MOTI SHEE UVaRTCCCLY C22 pi ee ey it hast eae ae sie hl Z 

ie 
Ves Sopp, VERT TGS co Oy Wie ae Gaede ae OP AE SE Z 
Pemere CM latter eGOvVerns 208 ti ae ee tee te de 3 
Pe EL I ROL ea a idles’ 
eemaricrMY Here Licld.c trom 6 aeeeO ie Na a ai Ee 7 
Elec ctating, Jira) BVT a3 I Sayan ee Deere ne RTE Cee eee Rene Smee a oe ee fi 
Peraee aT) iicers es eee r net OS 8 a A eee eee 8 
Preerion ss Called Dy Vayor 20th 0. Utils een 81 
2 Shen SEER Uke "os als tienes leroy ae ot b pee eee ALL ELE Panes LES: Reena ome 7 


ere cas aN ATTIC Ee Ol COTO UCEIT Facog aon cease tye est tt ac aah cap tava sandoch- ger rare 7 


346 INDEX TO CHARTER 


E. 
Section 
Elections, State Law Applies When... oe 15-17 
Elections, Council to canvass returns.._.:...... ee 12-13 
Electors, Qualification of... 4-4 6 
Eminent Domain 2.2.2 ence cec eee ceeeeeseon eect ten 2 
Emergency Ordinance 222.-02-.ec2coc nesses 53 
Employment of Auditors and Attorneys.._.._........: 60 
Enacting Clause, Initiative 22-22. ---2-c-c+o-c-0eoehipee 27-54 
Executive Power of ‘City. -.n.2--2cccccotocecee-ceaeoceesensevenear pe 2 
Expenditures, Who Interested in_._2...._-....2_2__....-2 ser 40 
F. 
Firemen, Special Privilege... 68 
Fire: Department..2). te ee 68-84-111 
Fiscal “Yar 2c eceemnnecaspennccece binteowtoer co enna 95 
First Election, tobe called4vhen_. anadclesentte 112 
Franchise, Initiated \how.....................-.......... Sr on 
Franchise, When granted... 31-64-65 
Franchise Ordinance, How Passed...) eee 53-55-56 
Franchise, Rules and Regulations.........1..2.. ee 70 
Franchise, Exclusive ............. scecdenassaneneopnranasennesnnp delle. aan 71 
Franchise, Renewal .....- 2 ..-20--2--cceeseeeue- 72 
Franchise, Leased or Assigned..-_......... 5) eee 73 
Franchise, Conditions of.........2......5... 75-78-80 
Franchise, ‘Term ‘Of -2. 2521 ccccc---ssscssss see 78 
Franchise, Right to Purchase... 79 
Franchise, Reservations to City....22012..0.).4.. 80 
Plagman, When. csn2s:ccc--cceccecte-sasenspeaduoeteonscst eso 69 
Funds, Public 2.2.0. cckotoc se ecco cs ee 96 
Free State Fair Grounds... 103 
G. 
General Powers of City-c.sce2--.cctecette- ee 2 
General Elections, Time -of_...1. 5 
Gifts, May Receive... 2 2 
H. 
Health Department “20:22 84-86 
Health Officer san ek ee ee 87 
Tlealth Department, Reports to...) 9 eee 88 
Health Department, Regulations..........2 88-89 
Heating Plants, May Construct, €tc........__.... zZ 
Holding Other, Office 22 a 
I 
Infectious Disease, Physicians. to’ Report.......1.....4... an 88 
Initiative son: Legislation... = 18-27 
Initiative Petition, Form of, fixed by Ordinance....1. .) ee 19-20 
Initiative Ordinance, How repealed.22 i me 
Inspection, Public Utilities... 63 


INDEX TO CHARTER 347 


J. 

Section 
DE EGR ATS ata PA 0 tea Re (a aos oy ili oe os ie Ra eee 

K,. 

L. 
Beatreaetc stl Sedvas. Parks. 28 ala nao ese ele 102 
Meee ay acquire tor. Public Use tanne 1 dg ih Z 
Meee at Ove LOWE. Of sCluy pat thse fleets oot tees 2-32-51 
(YOST BS oe a renter od ap EN Ue fe BSF ea RR Mae 48-104 
rhs ESI i gS ea d s SR amea Gone AE ND IE ALAA. Cire ROY eee rary 74 
EC eR ENETSOY E10 Cyt en ee cee a, ts tee a es cit an tere ae fs 
ee ONLTACE LOT eres 1508 el stan nese nk Beyer, Cave ae Re aE 90 
SSE LOD VS STAG aE Scag ae Re RU AE PPP TS OPS Sie An PE a res 
Mics Mave CONStIUCt,: CLC.022-c....2.- saat iiedee tails 2 

| M. 
Rate LECTION Ole ccc cecceneneeeennenen n> PSI ate Bas? AN ed 5 
NSSF Unb SOT ToT aR SET Sele cn 33 
Rr AICO CIQIIS Rete eee 37-39 
(EE ONES CGE 6 ae iE 38 
Pee EGT Ost INCL Y GoD USINESS | 2... n,n. cncensscnweenenencnenenneeneee 40 
Br RE CECTITISNIGATION EXP CSCS... --snsneeseceeseosccnsndecenenevenntiane 41 
Oe STs 1 Se SE eaice er on Sa 42-82 
ROSIE cen c[ 9 0 ARES a tae eS St Ea ok ea 47 
pum edie lection iiicer. 2.1 hi AoA. 8 
EASES 1°70 tT Ss lene ope ae nena oy OBES ieee ne 82 
Ce RG EES TEST TY 8 Et ZI De eae MER aN 2 81 
RNP eeleeriOtice’ 0.88 keen} 81 
|e SSPE GTA Lel 0) 9 SM) 7 See ane Me dele en Ate ne acer eo nacean 48-83-92-99-100 
NST TALC Sraray 9 UM wate eo 0 3 0) eee eel le peers EON 76-77 
RSLS SAS 9 BGT 5 Eh ela 79 Ua esl On on en va ee ee OM ip BBLS Be oo 
Brrmeeer heciites Reports... ceiave ats iar bl eee 100 
(ce oeteye Za ST hg aR pS eS OY Baas meee rp 48 

. N. 
NN AE AE ee ys er aera sonra beatae tedercapeprnreerc cece 1-2 
(cay ghee LEC a Tey a he SN al get coal ae PB ie ees el oer 10 
(he PRAIA rag ilk ie ae ie a Slee a a PA ee a eae 7 

O. 
ier wer owerse ois City. vested (if. sie e 2 
STH GOT) cues. oe OTN, Sa Renee een one cee ey enc MeL En 8 
Re CCT Suse ee ee RU EN Sa A SLT ke 110 
Mee ly Duos, Records, etC. 2-42. A an 110 


Officers of City, How Chosen...........----------ccececesecesececeeeeteeeeeneeeeeeeces 48 


348 INDEX TO CHARTER 


O. 

Section 
Officers Selected by Council, Removal........... 25.2 49 
Officers, Compensation | ....22--...i cc ipeee r 50 
Official Bonds .2c.82.0002 Bon ee 61 
Oath “of Office! i200 chu 3 ee 38 
Ordinances, How: tnitiated.2. 2.2.22. ee 19-20-30 
Ordinances, How (Repealed... 2 22-29 
Ordinance, Delegation Powers Dy--..:--:cc-¢cc--::cn- 2 
Ordinance, Construing 12.00.00. 67 
Ordinances, -Reterendum oni2).2.00. 02 2 ee 23-24 
Ordinances, When’ take. efiect.............02)01..35.. 02 23 
Ordinance, Repeal of Electoral 22/22 ee ieee ze 
Ordinances, Several submitted one election.............20000000220eeeeeeeee 20 
Ordinances; How sigmeds.i...c.0..ci.ccc.c2.ccheciecteststedonecesaes ee 42 
Ordinances, Vote :onmione eke ee ae 
Ordinances, Record- Of-.3 2.225). ssccecteeteene en 58 
Ordinances, How Passed......c200-. eee 53-56 
Ordinances, “Hmergency seh nec) ee Pere 23-53 
Ordinances, Amendment © -.:22024.0./22:4 2). 5/- 
Ordinances, Proof: Of........-.-::0--Sscsqcosscsesstl <a sop ees 59 
Ordinances, Administratrve 22.02. 62 
Ordinances, Publication of...2.......2.. eee ee 56 
Ordinances, Record ‘of....000.. eee 58 
Ordinances, Present to Continue in Force... eee 107: 

ite 

Parks sce ee pasctteov sede eels t ya eee ge er 102-103 © 
Park. Board. s...csciccge£-tc-bcoteencece ssc ssnd a 48-103 
Parkings, Beautifying. of... 21.1... 2 
Penalty for Violation of Charter....... (20) i 108 
Petitions; Nominating. _...0..1 10 
Personal Property...-.--c:--.0i. soe ccccsct ssc ce 2 
Police: Department, £.....0....225...5. cue 85-84-111 
Policemen, © Transportation. ..-:.c.02.2c..:10c+--0-0s0-2-.02 U0 68 
Police... Court ::cscsessendacecnsectevsevalsuvasall 110s eENe ree nn 105 
Powers. Of Cit yccccecctiesesescecocceetdledinccnsnaceen bl ete nel em iz 
Power Plants, May Construct, etc..........2.0 eee Z 
Politics: siack cata Bite cee oe SULE 
Poles; -USe2 01 tar, iE een eae ee ans 75 
Preamble, Charter,—Pag emis... ss cdccceceeecceeae ese ses 1 
Presiding Officer 250 Se a oe 42 
Precincts and Polling ‘Places... Lt 7 
Primary Elections (2.0024 4-9 
Printing) City ascent aie ol ne ee Se 25 
Property, City. May. Own.)_2. oi persue ee 2 Z 
Public Utilities», 212.2. 284 5 ee ee, Ce 2 
Property, of City, Saletots Je 2 2tseteso,-s-tcss-.ss 94 
Proottof Ordinance 2 oe ie ss 59 


INDEX TO CHARTER 349 


Ps 
Section 
Bet eet Oba Or diniancess:.2ssd tie es ccs- <2 cor A 56 
Meee em LC ATICHISC] bess Ahern cle wile tae Dade: 79 
BomereomominysContractwetCsn. wn. it Mie ie ee An BY 
MN AL 1CSe.g 5 aie ete ne OS es fit Ee he Seep 2-63 
Deere tin ieS Gi Reports site ee as OO, ees 63 
WETICE TIM CICS 9 LAE CS ccc, s0s dons ee eee tlc se sade dees ell oN Tee tee Ree Eade 66 
Mme Sar wre. ORL Noirs ely) gyre lwus os lls | a ilss 96 
Q. 

TOOLS 22 PS TCEE ER PIA 5 ag pha dl MN le ts Se oe SSR 8&9 
Mrmr mer EC OU IICiL pattie freer ee cee ee Te ee ee Le aceacs 45 
R. 
rime rece Tilittes. er te ek res ee Are ee 66 
Pe ot bom ity Via yaw... 0s 40 an ee iA 
Doe hea ate, OFT GE ae) | EI anal de ene eae ee 2 
MUMMEM SILOM. Om KC Durie hte cleccscuecscoct st cecseestuase cde OU oli 76-77 
COTS ee EH CHEM oh eam are 5 es Ls 23-24-25 
areal is OT te be CTITI ON. 2. 6i00csce- do ceseasessetasenelle ne 26 
LEST LI GGa SESS Ct eA SE ae Pen pet iE OR cnr at Pa eee ee 43 
EE TUT GUC OUI CS 1) 2 aie ee ee Glee Ree 49 
teres Fe COM Pata AK Ge oon. o on: ceca cect ec ncneecnedose ect ccedeeasecssondte 100 
1 SG UAE ae oe 59 ys. OIE ee Ti. 
pO SE Tegel aon’ MNCS Th ("2 Eee ee een 63 
Puvmeereronpenerationeyy ater © lant... tel tiie. cies Th 
Peer tee LO Galt MepartMent... icc oiee-eceece eee LA AR 88 
MMOH EET OR SE LCC Seer te 8 88 og 8s heh 8 Bua nada bbadsoneeted- SRA es 
feservation of Use of Poles, “Wires; etc:.do2 cin RR 75 
Be ee TOCEC UT 6 pester. ee ee a, 46 
Ss. 
eMC CS COT Stee Ae Mee Eo Se a See Re 50 
EPRI Ge mteL OD CT Vor ties Gee ee ecg 94 
RR 1 SOB Ree So oes epdcennnceannencednbesd eases ues 106-107-109 
rR a Cet RCL Vette Oo Rewer ea er al ee kee Zz 
RE Cet cl cra ba Nore we Ai ny Oe ieee ne oat 
Berens laren Clare Ob eyn ee ee) ried ya, ee eae ee eA Ache 69 
“on rehse US GEES 01 0 IY oes ees i or aa ean Sea meee rs SPV 74 
ooh TOUS nays TPA" ee eo ae RR oe Pes RRP ohne OR 21 
Se LIES PAN TNS le SEE TSE 22 ar a Rrra ce ore nn? Aen Res 60 
PPM CUA IC Itl Demme Bees, 28 ye 9 Ode, aay, eh Le erak ocean 2 
ou oe TEINS EL Fee Wy FS] a ah eae a gene OT Ty oe ENN eT nS Se 2 


Oo ISTNETSE? im oC a ec ee ee ae Ov es 2 


350 INDEX TO CHARTER 


fb 
Section 
Taxes, Collection ‘of... Se 97-98 
Term. of Office... 106 . 
Transportation :within City... 3.2... ig ie 
Transportation, Free to whom..:...........---c:1cc.------.+- rr 68 
Travel, Speed. of... anne ccctieceneecenncresnceas-tete bbsegh shea See 69 
Trains, Regulation —.2... csc cect cence ceeeeennnes 69 
Tracks, Poles, Provision for common Se... eee 75 
Tréasurer, City... ae 96 
Trusts, Assume, Manage and Dispose of.:...2....-.. Z 
U. 
Wie 
Vacancy, Council nie. tacts anne et 35 
Vice=Mayor .o.o.2. ccc iecke se 42-48-82 
Violation Charter... 2 s.n---on bp 108 
Voters, Qualification. of... 4 6 
Votes on Ordinance to be recorded... aa 52 
W. 
Wards, Description ‘of..............------.-<--hcuutct eee ee 33 
Warrants, cesrnncocnsrccpacncnseancncyscacneanesnne-iceus ta sestseedens le tense aan 100 
Water Works, Power to Construct.......5...1.2.2 2 
Water Works, Account:..0200..220.22 2 77 
Water Works Reports.czsnc521-ci:k.snncctestostessoo-sye-eteen seen ey 
Water “Kutidw.. 2 stan ee eee Jeseesantadovas i he 91 


Weeds. eccci co eee ee eee 2 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 351 


INDEX TO 
ORDINANCES 


NOTE: Reference to Sections. 


A. 

Section 
IOI AN UINAIG me serene ee the or tte ee cr lial Sey a 11 
Be te Cite SIGIR DCULCEIES 58, Co oss gcciscoscais eecianedentecciensunarecseceeso Qh 224 
Accidents; Electric Railways; City not liable... 174 
(ESSE TNC 10) 11 O82 ea I dal ace le ee ae WS ae 75 
Speers Se DartiCipatione i)... ates Tel cer ele, 650 
OE NEA DESY ale WT Ses Eo og RR pe Oe en 254 
Peso ee Olice, Judge; Mayor to designates .t.ica..ulsins tus 446 
MPA eU OCs OTMOLUIes 2 2 ideal os ec kd sin 239 
Aavalorem, laxes; governed by state. laws..2.2.2200122.e2 el 158 
eee ine atiimais impounded. teed. 2 
Mavericine es Praudulent* unlawtulic. ey lca 510-511 
eamermcine /hraudulenty Denalty 2c. -Neu celui le ow ene 512 
EERE PCs RE ICCU GO greta tet ea Abe er 386 
eeettistiee On buildings pirepulating 120) 539 
Advertising; posting on telephone posts, prohibited...................... 538 
Demet NCCU LCs se Wo Dy watt elie tela hg esd 53 
ee me OR ive ie etree oo ee a ce ha 658 
re eome COMING TC fa CCS, t..2u! oat 5) ee dete iinet 386 
rear Otek VM tere OKs! 2s ieee ayes 758 
Pee eae ie nee et on os De ee eal. 497 
5 EE TT "MS 0 ea ee ee 502 
INS TET a SNE 49 
Puree Perailetuto cee Pecora Of Sale ooo... pace qeoeae-eneecteneenep 161 
Alcohol; wood or denatured; regulating sale of................. ASPB 'e 160 
Mer CGE EMICE MI Get Se stescpeic se creer WO OE A ee 472 
erectile UN Citvees seo etirises SU ts LT se ee 33 
OE ERE PRS STs OX) fag 1 Peet Ot Pe ee Ree hed SO RR Re Za 
Beet OTM GIG ICONS ste siete sre cose snes Se pe 386 
ITO RNCy cea erte Neen. ailui¥-9_ .hyet sy eraiey ess Llores otih. cs seemed SIRE! Oe 40 
Eiimialalarspection ;-isolated plants:t:::2.2.0 se 76 
pamOMIEH ey carl OAT COUING jig oe oles ce YOGA gt 2 12 
Pemiaieparceaeirom, shelves.o. 2091s te ae ee oe ee 281 
mauials diseased; running at large ie eo eis 14 
Pearemlspetionting Or. baiting ss.::ccc27c LAR 15 
peeiniss) lling diseased_or- wounded 20:0) Oe 17 
Animals; must not be left loose on Street.2.22. wt 698 
Animals; must not be turned loose in public places...........02....... 699 
Meme aestter Nitti a flare es seks ures eticte Moe 1-473 
MRT A a EAU Ate AA CUIONIy ie ys: 5 sooangs Senn ri he ess oe eels ce in MING OEY te 2 
Prainais ;. working when. unfit for‘ labor 2 223n22).2- 00s. hZ 
Animals, wounded; duty of Chief of Police to destroy................. iff 
Bree ACH -FLOUSEY oe ete he i NT 33-40-42 


mecatseirormetensiontBodtdne eee ee 226 


352 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
APpPendages  -...2--c--ce-cornsnce-/eiese nt tenths ete teeter onsen aepe her 33 
Application for inspections to be filed__...) 110 
Appropriations to be itemized .-....7 2c. we 151 
Appropriations; defined .....-.----.--s.---c---teet oes oer 156 
Architects and Builders; instruction........_......_.........-s=e 73 
Architects and Builders; letting wiring contracts................-.--.-.. 94 
Area of buildings; table of limits allowed......... tee 39 
INT OA Stee ie eee cee es ee ee 33-37-40 
Arrests authorized. 202... alka 146 
ASh BOK OSoiwiv gu. saslsontevddissssseereicdes ics seslacte teats loudest rr 41 
Assistants to Electrical Inspector...2:.....ccc---- te er he 
ATIC St ORY + sacscsssescoseceesschiccsicessaneci tae st seeds secede ee 33 
Aviction; animals sold atiii).... 0A eee 2 
Auction House; license....-2....-.--. nn ee 386 
Auction. Sale; license...20022.223. 200 2 386 
Auctioneers. License: -issc-ceesccceenctteeseel ee ee 386 
Auctioneer; prohibited on streeti....2000)...0 2. 469 
Auctioneer ; unlawful to sell Sea animals....0.2.1.2).2 16 
Auditorium OXI ticsccescceccnceectecncest edith ecveceadedectbelesere covieenens teens 
Authority of Excise Board... 2 154 
Automatic Down-speed governors ; elevators. .......--...-:-:ccseceeeeceeeeoes 44 
Automatic slack cable device ; elevators.--.............2.1... ee 44 
Automatic Sprinklers; places of amusement...) ee 49 
Automatic flush tanks for urinals....[0 2.2 116 
Auxiliary vent; defined......2......... Ee 109 
Awning posts; unlawful to erect..2.....2.2.2 550 
AWIING'S 6 :...ccecccncnpecen i iccaclecnenecdenaie ig don denscce ee 55 

B. 

Back vent; defined............ “hiculesacdgecbechcbece dacadeast eee ee 109 
Backfilling ditches of sewer....-.....-2:c:-::tecseseese- sp 111 
Backing of walls faced with ashler................. en 40 
Baggage license « ..c.:-:.--ecsonecceocsspececnenetacehdacessbapves tie eae eer 386 
Baiting animals; prohibited... ..-.c...:c-¢:-cceseesceescesserieaeee 15 
Bake ovens <2 lech etnies gheeuetee ase oe 41 
Balcony )eX1t ct ch asc ae ee 49 
Ball playing in street, prohibited.___..-<.---2--o--ccceecdeeecteeseceess 486 
Ballast ; ‘not to be thrown from air. craft..........-1....08 500 
Bar and barricades, building; unlawtful.....:..2_.............:.0eee 289 
Barricades; during réepait: 222-25 175 
Base line for house numbering.2:1_.W...0.3.0 5. a 338 
Basement ways; unlawful to erect... c.c.c.scl-osceueecteus 550 
Basement ways; unlawful to maintain_......0.2.4.........ee 551 
Basement walls) .-2.:c.cc.ccscenceovscetiecetcs stp 5. tye 40 
Basement StOry 22-2 soc ccee ene 33 
Bath tubs; how trapped and vented............2..2........0..5 116 
Bay window uci. 254 ta Ae, Rete pelea by es ek cet ee 33 
Beams sand gilides.. 2.2.24. ees. ee 44 


Bear fighting or baiting prohibited......0.200..... Gini jcea. cht 15 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 353 


Section 
WD Ocrid ee iLon et ok ee ms eee Tt Rea i. tei OL 33 
Bcnchemacns: tinlawduldt oedestroy minions tee ee ote a. 470 
DUGeeuesichuand paccident] suretlit Gy miei Money Fh oye lo; 224 
Peet eoumircs leSsitiranaone Weeknewn.. 1 Yo 252 
er Mm reels CiGtene es er ee ME Tad CUE pe ch Sg ais 
Dep teeee GL epoOleroonis: alicense se air NS. aes 2 be 386 
Re MET OCING P DCUAILY fae re 8h Be) Coe to ee eel 567 
Re CCC ik seers er ewe eS ee ene 29-30 
it SSRN CRS 2c so 2 Jah allen fay ean ane ke ee 29 
tee MAW iIet OuInOlcst ee 2.38. ee Berle esd 30 
eee META ltl yeh oe re eS ema ite Ao 456 
Meereeo Hiucation,, to.erectssionss. orev G8 wh eal ell 708 
eenenInTeAe ATT ss ClECTLiCA nn ee ea ee Rod ry tnt 63 
erro otel xaiminers:; certiticate and: fees:..0.2-£.008 alo ov 64 
ee EA Oris | Semen nN ee eT out Taipei dort isd 41 
RMU Oma ERC ALTOS Si ee i i oa es We gy he a 49 
Soo talatuince: VEN VS 329 0473 eee Siig ls ite se et a ae AA OR ARE RN ED ake ROE 456 
SOLOS INSE GAR ig ROTA Ss RR I AOR ep a oc RN Ee 2 456 
eee LT ITS MC CLO eee ot cot co igs foie ace tt Neg a 31 
Peroelectiicalsinspector,to, gives.amount.._...1.-2....20_548 2s 59 
os REE e cea Bs rs ae sn Re 134-a 
SELLA 1 ARE ot Pele, elit 2 eeu ea Ieee NS 2 oot RO aE 40 
Per forse eo tic tort Cor id or: ole ay mils 285 
Eee Ose Oke ne ys NC ETISG. oie NS Le 386 
Meee nine cumiawrilato, Garry... 0 las. aptly 457 
Ree eel cots ere eoueerree sate elit ee 386 
DS SESE Uae LOTS 5 aos ON, 8 a Ce SRL ae 86 
Ree es rtelinec ie me et ee! 109 
See mee uCKS siUitiawrUlitOe Carry 7100.0 Ie ek 457 
eA at Ce en ee ee reese tet te Ys Re ate 113 
Pmermmes er Ol vi emia a Oe Bi is alee) a ha ae 265 
og Bl Yes TRADE TB eb ie ear Oe CON CSET ED, Sones 1 PERMA 9 8 BE icp ma tes Je 465 
IEE ACERS OL Cory eee 2 ee re To ca LA en 34 
TIENT OT a ok ee ea pee ae OPE Ea De Beare Aes ie LR Zk De 7 Beet 33 
Met TACIT Siete een ce tS, IT iol, A ARS ee a 40 
RC ene Re etc han ceed Saucier ee Sy 
oA SER MES OTST EA eta ha 10 (21 ete oon RRO dP Cpe Ae ns 40 
EERE EIS ETC SS yore Face wer ease dares AE oo 
Beeeeeeremteoce. (elinitions... 0 oA Oe Re 33 
UME LTS CC LOT CUTIES 5 oo needs EE ks 31 
cea SRN ie 2 ee SU eS EPR Boe Re Men, Dade wuae p ak 
Seer auipited., inestreets:: Se) 610.02 Ae 504 
PT ee Ed a as ee 33-54 
Mie POAC sean TlOOTS 2022!) eee ah ee 36 
ise Seba ss [if Es SEES RRS Sa RA cee ieee Anam Roe 34-38 
IMEIEIAL CIALIS EST CLO Ul oso 22s oe cee cnc enema negnncsgccnecendetecetpee oe 35 
GASPS} La gS ee cee) ee 33 


eeeeeeterulations within fire limits...:.-<b:4-4t.nee 192 


354 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Bull fighting or baiting prohibited... 22 oe 15 
Burial of dead within corporate limits; prohibited.................-... 508 
Burning of trash inside fire limits... 22 oS e ieee er 199 
Butter ; grade .of.......222-c.--cc---coseoescsstnad slides cbolseee eer 416 
Butter; process made; to be labeled... ee 269 
Butters rancid, €te/.:..s..--.-s.ccteccsecee eoeleoelie ae 270 

C. 

Cab. driver; special license........2.2...20 25. 389 
Cabinets; electrical 22.02.00. 00s.2cc. sts 2s0 87 
Candies; adulterated 2...0..22...5..-0.c:iecdiee ee 266 
Candies, fruits, etc., covering required..22 2.122) 2 as 
Capacity; theatres. 0-2... 49 
Capacity; elevators. .......011-002.212 oo +4 
Card of legal weights... 769 
Careless driving of stock:.....2..2.2...5 1.1 neste 20 
Careless riding or driving.......2.:-qecce-cdecneeeoses-es seein 481 
Cast Tron oe ectetesettescesce nese ee ope er 47 
Cellarwia 2a sngpecncecntiennhte-cbicbleeeebeyee rr 33 
Cellars; use of... 2:-0cc- cl to 280 
Cement \i....2i ecu a 33-34-46 
Cement mortar. 2.....222ticec 34 
Certain vehicles; unlawful to interfere with..200. 664 
Certificate of disability._.........c22r 2 ee 220 
Certificate of inspection; refusal to assue_2 5 70 
Certificate of inspection; electrical. inspector. =23)2 69 
CeSs POOlS nn nneecciecb eet ne erences sedate eaisee epee 577 
Chickens; running at large ee 10 
Chief of Fire Department; to devote entire time... 190 
Chief of Fire ‘Department; duties of a. 2. 184-185-186 
Chief of Fire Department; to prescribe rules and vacations......187 
Chief Health Officer; duties of2..2.0.0 2 er 296 
Chief of Police; record of seizure of animals... eee 3 
Chief of Police; report of pound fees... = 3-4 
Chimneys, furnaces and heating plants... 2 4] 
Churches ~....0 cc ee ee ee 42 
Cinder; Concrete. ...-f.sciccncsce-ceeelurecedetse-ssccsncca. fe 46 
City Bacteriologist 2.0.20). 2 335 
City Chemist; inspection Dy-..-.:v:---::sccernessne ee eee 236 
City Council; duties Of. csicccpccseerces sects ee 149 
City Council; questions under debate... 374 
City electrical inspector; to make decisions.2....u i027 74 
City Engineer; to supervise excavating........................en 623 
City Engineer; to supervise construction sidewalks. .........--.c.0----- 598 
City Excise Board; creating 2202... 148 
City Excise Board; time of méeting 0.44... 150 
City to make electrical repairs; when... yee 
City Manager to audit and examine claims... 376 


City market; penalty... 900 ee 147 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 355 


Section 
Sit WatersW orks right to -shutéoliwater.....2.20008.01.70 0 759 
ROU ek a1 chen oe Pr eR EDs Sect eee ati iu pth escel selene dteeLll 109 
Wircus-exhibition ;license tax andhamount.. 2908 Os 394-395 
Oe icesuainst city; towberitentized ea tor uta Site 3/5 
“sions SV Oa Fal Srna (eral et erated cone SNE cae Rll gen ye ley een Reet ent Eaan a URN BEES 230 
mraimioeror animalssimproperly. impounded....4 2... al 3 
reer eeITIGIIt ih yceant kee entire 7 tate IO EL Ato 3/7 
Beineyereport of, submitted by. City Manager.iv....0)i201 aA, 
MMe iO cee lew liGens casi trae ek. AU HIN wir 2: 386 
Mrmr ie $4) Ol: Market Ce UITe chooses sdictctceeajonenneercueneseecenesaees 144 
ireamoo establishments; reculating..c csc... -ece me oeteene cee 210-211 
Seema Louce, Court: creatine position ofm= Vile 451 
Sere Ss hiino orsbaitine, prokibiteds..8 ves Oe 15 
Meee ren ves a itlia Willletorsclle ete ee NE Tar eek 163 
eee one rete, COVeIneduDyrotaterla WS. code ct ee 158 
DAs da TOE OaGee Ere Ey ale Ces Ad Spell ede URGE) Wl i tale A a 1 
OP RASTER T a SPUN ag 0 ideals che ena eet SN 40 
Compounds permitted when properly labeled......................... 251-252 
Memresicceweapons: tiniawiul-toscarry. oe ee 457 
Pee iionoranveniiumbines unlawtul.. 22) eS ee es 103 
(ORE cts ppriea 20 9! 252 ele tn ra Sa ee ee OED os: 
meron pes cil pepitce sare err se Ee 258 
Ware MitrewviTinoMIOreiioLors. te A) ced 81 
ee Cisne etme le Ceners esis ES ee 653 
Poarcetions scondiitao Switchboardsco.. Li ee 80 
Petes ons 1oreneerprotection: meters.) 348 ee ee 7s 
Deore ei ionicWesa UCM axes. oc cease its ects ce 181 
Merere ecto ference ce erie sc cc fe AON Tt i ee en 8 204 
Peneiiction casoiiie service stations.o0)0 0.20 AS 207 
Magtaeious diseases piiysicians: to-report..2c.). 301 
MomerecromlLoMprorecespubliciwork 7 02 Jet 4 Boe Ms 619 
Courcyimesorenitrogreerine a misdemeanor? el 2s Le 200 
Ronveyvarces formmutien condition Ofs58 OF 4.029 ti 220) Tt Boe 430 
Servaerciconwor cicectricivy uniawithe. tl oe DO? 
etc moracer Of DUSiN eSSti eu yeti COSTE Ne i we 3/2 
riiniciereaniar meetings. use EMSE RUS LEU? Mewes Bar 370 
eererret WME Old LMM COLIN Stren ee hE PON hk he 5/1 
LSS TEs OR Sg oar re cored a ae A 44 
Mewerrecttiineiood: prohibitedsec:- ices k Sl Bee BOL 424 
MME S CAS CCN gs tarts irlavber ni pness terns beers cease A Bs ad 421 
ee er ecclecaandn tary Cd es ey ee Le Ee 422 
Cows tto be kept in open-air; premises drained:....0. 4. 0n. 425 
“OLAS LIE FIG OL Ti ay An ed oe ke Da et ee Re 415 
Pe atineelirceWcpartmenti ih. Sots eR ts uN he 183 
Berti re iC Ore Uli oP ITSP ECO Laas sects cco ne so aros leet sents Me ssusees 31 
OPA UR 2a eK TCE Is 9 VIC aft ela era en ee ee RD 134-d 
0 INS 258 SAMI RRs AIS ©, 8 Poo OU oe HO RN OOS 7 Bey ene PSPS 33 


Growds: obstructing. streetsiand sidewalks2.25.22.2.ai2cikke. 468 


356 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Cruelty. to. animals.......24805..) 22 ee ei 11-18 
Sepolas nays ceacstesssonevenseveneiarsetyeeder eapatey+ 2 senpeaesine geese 41 
Curb ?*how. ta. remove...:224.:.- eh. eet 38 
Curb; to obtain permit for cutting[.2 2.2 0 Ps 628 
Curtain Wall. a ee 33-40 
Curfew.;. penalty. ..:..2.....Lthe, nicl ls eee Ge ee 471 
Cut-out; use of prohibited... 0. cccceeeccaeeee--s tee 649 
Cuts; placing lights #at-i2.) 220.4.) esha 475 
Cutting. pavement 2 173-628 

D. 

Dance “Hall: license... ccncscece-pene cee sctee nests at eae ee 386 
Dance Hall: defined: 2.0 524 
Dance Hall; license and regulation... 3.22.4. 525-526 © 
Dairy and Milk Inspector... 406 
Dairy and: Milk Inspector; duties.72...2. 2.) ee 406-407 
Dairy license 22.2. -:ccecstcchecessececeen erestepeses te epee baee eer 431 
Dairy or Dairy Depot ;-what.constitutes_....... 2.5 435 
Dairy rules and regulationsc 0 p.c. fess cet ae 433 
Dairy; sanitary premises and equipment... 432 
Dairymen; fees oc. cece cee cecceee eens eee 436 
Dairymen; permit to sell milk not produced from own cows......410 
Damaging railroad property; prohibited... 2. 503 
Dangerous animals 2.02.2... scc.c.:ccccect-tne pees 482 
Dangerous ‘buildings —__._.... tec: ste eee 31 
Dangerous gas fitting; Gas Inspector to shut off.................-.-- 134-1 
Dead animals ¢ eee eee wnaveneeeydeetiese realest ese 3 eer 32D 
Dead animals; defined; removal of... 2045.25...) 320 
Dead; burial within corporate limits prohibited... 508 
Dead walle nn. ic oat -nenccdegdareesc taneae't n> <2 taste eee te ee 33 
Deadly weapon; unlawiul to carry... 24. 457 
Death of firemen in discharge, of duty-.2.)..25s.,10 225 
Dealers in coal oil, etc., to procure license...) 403 
Dealers in gas stoves; known as gas appliance dealers............ 134-d 
Decorations in stores :cc....c kee, cage reese ds ... 54 
Defective électrical apparatus....0. css pee 1 
Defective sidewalks to be reported.._........4:.4.....1).. ee 597 
Definitions; building regulations....___.. 0... 3 o3 
Defining Gas Fitters 2032 ee 134-c 
Defining Gas Fitting 7 134-1 
Delay in ‘plumbing work). 23) £335. 123 
Delay in traffic by: improper, loading... 4.4.1.8 a 659 
Designating vehicles which have right-of-way...............:.:cecc0ecs--- 663 
Destruction of buildings to check fire -...2.0..... ee 189 
Disability certificate of firemen....s.....),.028) Ze 
Diseases ; infectious or contagious; animals... 14 
Diseases of cows; procedure of... 2 426 
Diseased cows; -killed or quarantined. ss.c...:.2.-2::..4:....2 ee 427 


Diseased.cows; failure’ to. kill/or quarantine: 421.) 428 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 357 


Section 
Mibweree Meets), TOtICG Of" CISPOSIELOT i es -on25 =. oops cence rake ce ose ceenvbaeceons 429 
Piised-eammorces and mules exclidédi... 4.2440. = sant oes Aste s: 14 
iceased, norses and mules; prohibiting. sale: .23 16 
Deedee persons, employment, Promibited. (eo occ cence nee amsenee = fafa 
LE A SAS SAL tt 4 ni cn Stl ec loo lene Uhl aa eae esee Ca 466 
eeecerive Houses visiting  tinlawitl |e. 513-514 
Disputes; construction of buildings; settlements..........2...0..2.... 31 
(os IEE SINS LIC aN ot a ade del oe AL Ce Ae eR ee a 457 
Peer nititio samples Gf medicine; prohibited:....0. 00.0202 493 
SpE REMTTO ran Cleiice tiem ayn A eee hone ce a te iT ee® 485 
uEmrEEeCes Cle eae me emer Nw eh 455-456 
fereewuetic witiitoslea ve. Oper ..0 ee EO ee 478 
“he codec, SRUE DES RS Si ele pine  Oe ecehee 2 cai ha cleat tides Me ea 33-40 
rem e inguor: baltwo; pronibiteds. eo ee tT) 15 
ere ceptno ands iimpounding. ee Oe 25-26 
(ORS VES Sead eta gba hoe ie ll sal dla hea AAO Sell I ab aE Oa 20 
rr eer senrediticed <Amolnts et nL pe 24-402 
ee ee Oe ee err ems rk CR od tele ine 
meeseeDrOniitinontiserOM iitirious iiizzle: sci. A oy 
Deere rere a loneduring salacit yet ci) th cord ees rae ce 28 
Derren irs atalar mere. ss cece eee Mey ort ds A 2a 
oe rennine at larce policeoiiicers’to kills oe oe 
ose ceratcien ewe cinpies Aho k  e e ee See yard 
IR esi i ee nn wae 25 
Bee ica wisarunuimorat large: ci or 10 
Meomeaiore tor brary received by board 0.0.2.8 ees 381 
pce ime ukeredt res erwvidt i). 2 49 
TOA 8 TS gs JEL 2 RELL ESA See a Be 49 
Prmemintoxicatinornamors. ) on 513 
(Se nag Seay 0S 2 Fe 2 0 ea ee Ee Se ee ee 658 
Dia TC TING see ects se eR See tse 640 
pimocmcieurmonstreetucar trackse eva 669 
Pere mimeaniintomieared ‘condition. 470. 0 ea IE 694 
Pitman shallvhbe done’ in careful manner 2.0 oe. 481-690-691 
meee mires tOPrioiitay tke a Ne ee 657 
Peivetostomsionaleat intersection 24022 655 
Mere retiring tO left. = 82 ba 656 
Drivers of vehicles carrying disorderly persons.................-------- 466 
PermrremOUb nie wal PLONIDICE 2 eee cec ae icatccereneneetacetescacecceras 479 
Dee sec tiroiel street eA. i SCE OA ata 6 
(a AEG AS aso Sei Ga RN pee toy 9 ee OR 4] 
Gees adulteration |. What  COnSstitntes: 2.202. Nees el, 245 
Pues tiishtanded what constitutes:8.:... chu. 246 
Me Wis itbeleuemwiiats COMStILULES: no cn-fadacc ne san senate skeen 246 
rs OP TINVTT Mere CaO ease a ee igaceeanaiscaat eccnes 10 
Peeves of Chieti of Fire? Department........-2-2s 2. 184-185-186 


erm ee eC rica ln Spector s2 esr fencecs pucegcensst eG. RSTO 60 


358 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


E. 

Section 
Earthenware. pipes; where usedicl.22.2 20 Ly 
Eggs, rotten; sale prohibited 20 268 
Electric current; unlawfully converted... nn 98 
Electric current; unlawfully diverted... 32 99 
Electric current; tampering with.221......-...12. en 100 
Electric gongs at CrOSSINGS.....-.-..---2--200022<-cersonteesenes rr 606 
Electric elevators 2...) cscs: cct-pcecce ddan eee bear nyo ot 
Electric motors and generators; fees__................ 62 
Blectric outlining + £¢@S...... cc cececcesceceectescotneecn cue 62 
Electric railways; plans submitted to city council................---- 176 
Electric railroads ; penalty 8. 2-2 --ce-c- once e cc nceee eee 182 
Blectric signs; f@@S......2..--c----i-cceddeceepscee-sesgnt et 62 
Electric tractfon railway a. 2 2 cccecieecesceeereens ee 169 
Electric traction railway; officers and boards... eee 170 
Electric traction railways; poles and wires............. 17 
Electric, temporary permits; fees22/20.2....... nn en 62 
Electric window reflectors; fees..2:2.:.01-4.-..1.-s 62 
Electric wiring ; notice of intention to inspect... 62 
Electrical arc lighting; fees... 62 
Electrical bell transformers; feesi.25222-2.. 62 
Electrical ceiling fans and fixtures; fees... 62 
Electrical contractOrs: ....-....--c--20:--;cssssesss seers soot eee 94 
Electrical fees; new work..........:4c.05) eee 62 
Electrical. fees; open work......2....2spetece oe 62 
Electrical Inspector -.......- 2-2: -<---s0e ee ee 57 
Blectrical Inspector ; appointed by City Manager... eee 58 
Electrical Inspector; to give bond ....42j2sec ee 59 
Electrical Inspector; duties of...) ou 60 
Electrical Inspector; general supervision._._._______ 2 ee 66 
Electrical Inspector; privileges of: ..._..2..5. 93 
Electrical Inspector; to decide all questions.:..............=eee 68-74 
Electrical installations; license required fot...:......_..2eeeeee 61 
Electrical railway materials; city supervision_..........———————— 175 
Electricians for moving pictures... 0200-101. 92 
Blectricians for theatres:.i 422.0000 10a. eee 90-91 
Electricians; license,«grade. Of.tii.ce. nce 65 
Electricians; license amd. DOmd........202.-c-0: -¢c-----0-0--,--2 5 61 
Electricians ; permits and fteés_.t 62 
Electricity; unlawful conversion... 532 
Flectricity; unlawful tampering... 930 
Electricity; unlawful receivingiiico0.2 2 534 
Blevator cables... teteieccceeeccbpetssue aes os gu let ee 44 
Elevator operators; qualifications.............24.-.1..).. an 44 
Bilevators =..0 200 yy tet eee 44 
Elevators; inspection: <:Wi.c2 ee a 
Hlevators ; safety device.custsti tiie 44 


Emergency s@Xits occ. cin ccstcctecpctcseden oteeet,- ck Lee 49 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 359 


Section 
eeioctemecxits. elevators... wee a. an auth 444 
rere MI OUNCING, 62 a RN ed et 5 
Pome aient arent or agency license: oil 386 
Paciocure opening to set animalspat largés.t. 2 9 
fnrancementof food.and drug inspection:.2.200020 iu... 237 
eee eOustinctinowcrossings@ eeie 4) ely ne eres 495 
Meeteeata iildincmobstructinomis. fs. Saas i6 2k 487 
Beeerom ot nuildines: examinationaite 20 250022.020 31 
Pees COiiommarkeiednecity en s es i ealek Yai lit 135 
Establishment of any business house outside fire limits.............. Ziel 
Pemeebomeannialtimerot meeting i... lc cn 150 
Pee one cdanrerolsm biidings <6. te led 31 
Peemunation for, electricians required...ouAeuw Al 64 
Excavating; unlawful in unpaved street without permit............ 620 
Beeervattonland. repairs for, plumbing. #4lhe shld a: 106 
Betton eniacingsiohtssat 2... ey a tet 475 
1 EPO SG OR PO dg SU cela ee are ee ee 2 Sh 
Menceesomey vy espccialyelectionpiOteg.. 225. tees LAe..ee Loy 
emnNceMES ATU AtIEN OTP yeOl Se em ee 154 
Exhaust; blow-off and drip pipe connections........2.2..0.2-...--eeeeeeeeeee ints: 
Be EOS se HCENS Ce oe ec PAR ak Liat bee set ick 386-468 
Beer etongjOmntss in Sidewalks...) .1.-.-cncopgieniecresscenvecvietbenens--setiltlce: 599 
Explosives; misdemeanor to convey through streets.................. 200 
Explosives; misdemeanor to store within city... 201 
eee OMe ea DicCatiorn pfori<a lil c) eos sce) ein noe 110 
Jx<tensions for alterations, to be testedeso2.. ccs 120 
OTERO Sui ghee > 9° 0 a as Res 40-49 
oad Sach Sec 9 BE eels aoe ee Re coe A 
Pe rercelecoveriasarorsicame. buildings... ..---2--------e-- ee RO 15 
te et eet th 257-255 

B: 

IE EERE 2a ai aia a iz et NL cE en 33 
MME MCT Ee BUI a LE accra ge ete ee oa oo cea race eae a a beret aecie t= age te ee 461 
(Eke: CUTS CDRS «eet pte ce Te. fall ea peepee nore mee mnie reeia eG Gann vely OT Yes 260 
Bemieemcichi anid tate and, Startpin oo oc pct eects eec apes eect 770 
eto AN oCASULCS foc cc osc eek elene Sa ccnctecscsa Be ee Ligh 
MMMM Pomel. «(ICONS Crs... ie oss cs ee nn dpe sor se ate dase ty Hho ata ee 386 
(9 TSR aaa ls: Sea Sa eg la Oe ERT ie. YC 83 
BUSA CHE Ca CAL CL Soc ck cen oe ea cree soap ack wn deluceedabeentnubogghee aioe 436 
RelA lee OD CLIGANV OL Kio ca 5 ono od oc ccce ne nec bacc- ene 62 
“ scptey 3” cE ISIC Mea aE Fy ci od erties Sr 62 
Peeereclectric Motors and PeneratoOrs. 2... c-s-ne-senepee-semgsnsenne seas 62 
(LS SCG ATR SITTER IES me RR ae aR an His) Dare mie SARA PR 62 
5 CSNGICT NIRS, “eich a WEN PNT RR a eee acer Memo eee ae 62 
es PUTRI! 7 ape se ea gh CR A BAIN Fe Sep NMS AOE 2 
Mee Sep rOnimiteca ine sercet ini). | tik aoeet ek 3 ae 504 
Be wi vOnsandeyoxcs. Led ured. ....Abl er ape hee 179 


tats Sol eT mend sat Bree ap ae a Oe SUN pe Per Uae Rie er 180 


360 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section — 
Highting animals; prohibited_..._[ = Apueawei ee 15 
Filling station; licenses... occccocesecte ns 386 
Fines and forfeitures; failure’ to payu5i225. 2. ce ee 544 
Fire alarm system; protection (ot Rink. 222 eee 217-219 
Fire apparatus; ‘injury. tos) 2¢20 See) 0 488 
Fire apparatus; vehicles to give right-of-way..............----.------ 665 
Fire apparatus; street, cars to stop..2:)0- Se 666 
Fire apparatus; places of amusement.i..0.._.. 2 ee 49 
Fire and wreck sales of merchandise; license for..........--. 386 
Firé Department, creating<...222)4 224 ie 183 
Fare @SCAPCS © oc. focccecccdiaconsecsacaucnens ab i etod otek thet ee 2 43 
Fire; false. alarm) 220.2.002. nce i 461 
Fire hydrants; tampering withii0e2) 122i eee Fae 
Firé, limits';)definédiiins: J25' ek DAs ese eee 191 
Fire limits; building within... 024 22 ee 50 
Fire. limits; penalty.......-2-14.2.-15 5. 214 
Fire proof buildings stu stuaccaeascerguasehe cease sabapeedwnapad «idee alia ten gaan 40 
Fireproof .construction) ,......:.-..1--s0l00n see ee 45 
Fireproof shafts  .00s.c...cecersscsse.sctp eee rr 49 
Fireproof. arch; theatresi.3:f0 2 2a ee 49 
Fire plug; no parking within i5 f eet... -----scerc-n ete 698 
Fire, wall... 33-49 
Firemen’s P. & R:. Fund; creating board of) ane 220 
Firemen’s P. & R. Fund; donations toe. Sai) 233 
Firemen shall have.access to buildingsti, s2 45. 134-} 
Firemen’s. retirement. pension 1... 12) eee IAA 
Fireworks; discharge ot unlawful... 462 
Fireworks ;, sale. of. unlawtul...:..........4..ye: cee 2.463 
Furst. StOLy. o2.-..-c.cscescesnececsnncacccn de tosses et ne 33 
Fish, fowl, game and. meat ;. protection of.....00 ee 259 
Fittings; joints, rejected... 2.2). ieee 113 
Fixtures; defined 0.0250. 109 
Flagman_ at certain’ crossings... 607 
Flat buildings 22.1500 es 40 
Flats and dwellings..2200 cola 42 
Flies; "protection strom. ta ee 305-307-308 
Bies: penalty en ee fesse chennaesaeseses sae 306 
Floor beam of joist!..2.2 Loh kc 40 
Floors in construction 220 eer 36 
Floor ‘loads i.e Be ene a ee er 36 
Pldor ‘rests. 2 Ge oe ee i ee 113 
Floor timbers not to. go through wall. 40 
Floor timbers not to enter chimney wall.) ae 40 
Floor washers, bell traps and back water valve-....-.-:e-s-seccec---- 115 
Flour’) 2. ig ee i ek 262 
Flour, compound; prima facie evidence..a:c...5 4......0... ae 263 
Flowers.in parks; injury) £0...) 2/2)... gee 490 


Flowers; unlawful to anjures22...2.. ee 505 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 361 


Section 
EE 2! Oa es bo mer Ro as 1 PO oY de 41 
ets Ht DOWIS 29 che Ae at: awa iE See 117 
I Is oases Su ee rath es eter ya a te 49 
Meee madititeration:. what. constitutes 2022 243 
Pem@ieuitainine certain acid prohibited:....../2. ii. 254 
PIM URIS tLe Weyree ere Tee geht ats Bree Eg 241 
MR ICUMCIETIO? LSHCELOI nmr me 1A UAT 2 eto Fe ni a | 236 
1 mnt) gS Py BS ic ak Pg Yr ote ee ne 244 
MBER LANIOACOROt att Yo see. eA iaetth, tie Tek er ne 242 
PE IR alae a ie NS Tod UP ct on eon 6) Ocoee EN 39 
ERIS, OLOMIMILINIC 01a LP act oon on ean LG 145 
MEE eaicechitLOols s1nOwntrapped crs. e2i xis ih ace 115 
ETRE parr a acne Sh eR eet NSE DETECT ENTE OL ID 33-39-40 
RE The Wet he es, tr Air om tery ee antes tht tes base leo yt to aa RB) 
AOE oe mer er, fei ee ieee ot fee oa ales 10 
15, SPRRE > VSTRAT GEER e Se rE ae et Sil oh Pk eT SUE PD Ny AE 33 
Peete aiiidine « withinatire “limits: ....2:...<. Wetel.2N ne tke 192 
Frame structures; nuisance within fire limits..............00...... 193-197 
Pee cuteadvertising ;. unlawitils...-200.2-22s-c on. 510-511 
Beer aise hn Coro MOUTS, 2c eee 680 
Pee aneiese ctc,. covers: required... 20.5 cle ee 277 
UTES gE SESS wl 0] FESR Ua (a () a ee 284 
Pugseomay be teappropriated..../cna0). 2 ob Leh! RY ree ge 155 
Meme appropriated: for Specitic purposes... 22. n et to 
eee erat re ek he it ee 41 
Mee Pe iri oneC tO... fa Ll ctl a 72 
AVNET ck oy hyn ocak sas -canc vee ce cnsetdeseaeceeeespoecednsosseas 40 

G. 

(1 SPREE SEDER UTI, Pt eS I Se gn eae 293 
(amon devices, etc,; unlawiul to: exhibit... 201.0... 287 
MRT GreCLOS CC tet SV OT ATIC Yoon cece tenet cement 528 
Stay Gap aN SUSY se ty 2 Per RR AS SE et eta ne epee Dee 292 
eee eerie poands,. eterno licenses... 2-00) 386 
Meme ood raiis and (caicl, basins... 82ers oe 115 
Be Peeoiiaitcls tobe. provided... cil) 2 et 321 
MEP CD AL AZCSHLOT TEMOVA Ls. 2 cet ccc. cokes ated eden cree 329 
UN Die Soc Rg Re ann Re ete LES eo ee oe AEA 328 
ieoace; removal under. control of city2202...2 330-332 
eee salc ot ;;may..enter into..contract..........--- 2a 300 
MEER e Caving Veretable: Matte tac nc. nence_cerecn en stetegss eens 317 
MME IY 1 SLOG OVGl. 4. cece 2 Rg ee 6 
et RCL). reece eas cde ee LL 134-c 
ANS DEC LOT i ccc cae a chek et ee ee ea tne 12 
Gas fitting work; reported to gas inspectot.............-.-...----- 134-e, 134-f 
Gas hose; flexible material prohibited.....................-... 134-e, 215-216 
Gas Inspector; creating office of; duties; powers...................... 134-b 
Gas Inspector; shall shut off gas where dangerous.................. 134-1 


Seseinspector shall test. gas-titting work.........00.1 3.4. 134-e 


362 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Gas appliance fitters shall be registered__-___ eee 134-c 
Gas appliance fitter allowed to connect stoves only...............-...- 134-c 
Gas appliance dealers; defining... ee 134-c 
Gas appliance fitters, defining..1:-1.1:2-4..5.2. ee 134-c 
Gas hose; penalty._........2j2i.2-L ne 216 
Gas or steam pipe columns.....02.20..e ee 35 
Gas mains and. lights; places of amusements..2.3 eee 49 
GAS PIPES... cccc--ceccsesenceseee-tanecpeesesceestcssts Sedans donee err 41 
Gas. well; prohibited 1n. city limits...........02.22. 536 
Gas; unlawful .connection......2... ee ents 538 
Gasoline service stations; permit... 207 
Gasoline service stations; regulating construction........--.--..-----. 208 
Gasoline.service stations; license. fee.......-...--..--.....--s.ee 209 
Gasoline; unlawful to deliver on. street........................0eeee 205 
Gasoline; delivery one gallon only on street... 206 
Gates at. railway. .CrOSSINQS:-..c.-2-.2<)cceeerecee-cieee- cor e 605 
Geese; running at large... 2 et 10 
General conduit wiring))...2.... 0.0 2 84 
General wiring. o.c:..2..c¢:cctesces-coceccs Er 85 
Glanders; unlawful to bring horse into city afflicted with.......... 14 
Glass, nails, etc.; unlawful to place on street............0 1. 489-702 
Grade. of electrical license......---..-...44: 65 
Grade stakes; unlawful to destroy... 470 
Granitoid sidewalks; construction. of...) 2 602 
Gravel; hauling, etc.,.over streets..000.0..L 616 
Gravel; to be removed from. street........J. 22) 617 
Grease tLAPS aoecoeccetececeecwnecidebespruenecedeeee ws SOUR nA te 11S 
Ground floor’ ...22010000.242 er 33 
Ground; dampness 1..n....c1.c.cccscccsteslecssecucsk tole ene 40 
Gutters ta be free from obstructions....2...2.. 316 
Gutterways; should be kept clear... 38 

H. 

Hacks, etc., to carry light......2....-::ctccs2::1--.ce-ds0..-/0) ssa 645 
Hamburger stands; license.........-2:--::cescse:c:--J1s---hos-s5a51ses 386 
Hamburger wagons; regulating. .......0...1........2...) 549 
Hatchways; how-enclosed.......-c::-re-:cc-ctiesesscustss5...0.- 1-2 - 43 
Hats; unlawful to wear at theatres...............-...--...2.1..———— 460 
Hauling gravel, etc.,-over streets....::ci:--2..-2-2-<-.-1-..-... 20 616 
Hawkers ;. license ...........<tscssatee-2e.-20e 6-09). ee 386 
Elazardous business. 22... aaa Hs eh liane) ann a. 49 
Headers, hung in stirrup...-.-.-.::-.$2-.0-<---2 ats rr 40 
Head room above car in elevator_..........2............4-415) a0 ft 
Health Department;. creating cca ccs de 294 
Health -officers; duties... sq2.4206) de>, 11 ee 296 
Health officers; licensed and practicing physician... 295 
Health rules. violation; penalty. ..000.0.u. nla re 300 
Heating. plants: jsee Ak cone tects gee 41 


Heights of buildings 2 es seals cnt 3a 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 363 


| Section 
Meee eS CON Yi tre tyra) cared ees ire PO iey Fale k 33-40 
Sree re a tl |Siad s,s a ee crt eerie wedt an | fee roto IN el aac en, 33 
fe wenotro be kept within icity limitsi¢ .3.mis.it. lel). 318 
Berea oe norses in street > prohibited: ..........csctaes a. 476 
IR S53 cages chet cons ean er tix, bbe ce kiero rock bo 40 
ee SUSIE gL RP) 1S ata ee peal ee Ha er ele en Oe 40 
SU ARH SREP Per Bs ao ae a a SERS Ol ed eT ipveh Fe wit has 40 
ee Pe ee tees. ee Aare tA erie soe) Sales 256 
REMUS LIfe Che eeteh 1 Aw eee fis Were ec rie t) cod odect 639 
fremecato be unhitched when-lefit:standing:....0-c.2cu.. la. 696 
Mossereteins to be held when driving.) c:c2.. Acuna. 697 
Mme ERG INL MATKEL ¢ NCENSE:,....-- 5-08 -occ-ceoe-eeti eset deet le ee 386 
TS CASEC CX CHIGEC 22.0 occcocdeccoc cel eecoe nec et) oe 14 
Mummeeemmcieserced @ pronibitine sale ,........diause0 1k. LSB e acl 16 
Es STV ATES SERS eo a ee 1 
PEP FHILFIYSR 020 SUR are ee a) ae ee ke ee ee 4] 
EM AEG seg Pe 2 span ten ceedaesvanatdelasndebh UNA. tevRS 41 
ener ee eae 8s a I ele aed bout AAD ie 33 
Hotel, etc., to post notice of using compounds, etc.......................250 
Beemer OOMMNo MoUses; WCenS.c..../...... nn ects ceaacce sete eceeneceeetees 386 
Sijeetoerestaurants, ¢tc., sanitary regulations......--.-..2----.-.-<ce-- 280 
(LENCO i SPE KE Seen lg er 109 
MemmemOving penmit and: DON... con nes nbn cee-cpceectaneecnecereesasestse 52 
TREADS FWY E eS 2S SP 340 
SiemeremumDering ) duty Ol. OWNELS......--..1-.2-c--c--se-c-see¢h-ssnne-neen-cases-ee 345 
(SE TSEUL CSN PADRE yn yCU 9 ok a ER ne 346 
House offal, ete., to be hauled away as designated..................-------- 315 
Ne Ie Soa cane nce vawna- nn ncncneclunupsouhsdnaeventent bed 109 
Houses without screens; unlawful to collect rent for-......... 309-310 
SS OSES SES SCS hota Bh a) th eae 142 
I eo onc ace penne staan ennctn daa anenerndt ingetentent 711 
. I. 
(5 epee ink puget a er gCU2 ST 9 TE eee le eee 386 
(SUIS AG TUS lac ae ti eS i ab eee a ete ae te ERD ied 521 
(TUES IWIN tg espera AR el MRR 3 eel be 2 
or ala Sifae AEE YG ce a Ree are oa aa SEO Phe fi 
MEME LCC Tee osc sa sanaccdelsecenececcn re eibse ee eae ao 
eee ie lancuare punlaw ile: kine saab Seater eee: 456 
Me IMBC OSU ye lla WLU eo Sannc en sencdoreg ten arse ete ee 520 
| PEGG COSC A oc ee sR Sa eee ee ng Aon ran ae BME Se 108 
Berra Ce Ta LClial ©. etl Ae ee ee eee ee 33 
ee IS OLUCT Vs MOUS Capos sa5. 5g sae shaccacs ne beece stant wee tune k 514 
Ree House buildin og inSpectOnsi.os Aas te lhe Ale a et ot 
MOTO U CAITteS 7. UAT LOLLY oo neon cca penance e- 437 
Inspector ; electrical; appointed by City Manager...................-..-.- DA 
Inspector; electrical; shall not engage in other business............ 31 
Meme f10nvo. finished, plumbing) work... .J0 <2 oc12.. ee 104 


SeeoneoL. plumbing work; leese> . eaters. See ne: 105 


364 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Inspection of weights and measures; how made..............------------- 764 
Inspectors of Weights and Measures; designated...................---. 762 
Inspectors right to ertter.and make tests2i2. ene. a) ee 420 
Installation -of..meters.2220.4.2.00- 82 
Instructions ;-architects and builders......02..22..2 22 73 
Interior . walls. ‘ssi...3..ccc-ccreond desde ateeediene-ee- 49 
Intoxicating liquor; defined....2.0 2... eee 349 
Intoxicating liquor; manufacturing of unlawful........2-22. 350-513 
Intoxicating liquor; unlawful to keep... 351 
Intoxicating liquor; unlawful'to transport.-_..\.. {eae 352 
Intoxicating. liquors; penaltyiii. 22a ae 950 
Intoxication; unlawtul 2.52.22... 3 Soo 458 
Iron pipe for S@WeT. oo eee ns 
Iron and.steel construction ..........0,0.-,1 ee 47 
Tron. water Pipe. .c.ccciscecctessseteseaeessdstaee oe 112 
Isolated plants; annual inspection......... 7... 76 
Isolated smoke stacks .22oo2.ccc.cocceseecc teeters es ese eee 41 
Issuing permits and fees; electricians... 62 

Ap 
Jacks; running at large_..23 ee 1 
Jennet; running at large. 1 
Jitney; operation, streets designated... 2... 362 
Jitney; operating without license; misdemeanot.....................--.--. 368 
‘“Jitney” must be painted on windshield” 2) 364 
Jitney; to maintain schedule.) ee 363 
Jitney; to leave termini at announced time...) 366 
Jitney, vehicle; defining 20.372 356 
Jitney;, penalty) 2 ee 369 
Jumping on or off cars; unlawiul rr 491 
Junk dealérs | 200 568 
Junk ‘dealers; license... 2 386 
K. 

Knife, bowie; unlawful to carry... 2221..:n.sesse ee 457 
Knives; spring handle; unlawful to carry...) 457 
Li; 

Labeling; false. ee, 260 
Lard compound; possession prima facie evidence.............0....0..... Zod 
Laundry tubs: :250.0 eo ee Se 115 
Lawn, driving stock/overt.. 2 2 6 
Legal capacity; ‘measures. 00 767 
Legal weights; card of. 769 
Legerdemain; unlawiul to engage ini 222) Ni. 468 
Length. of walla. aie 
Levy, made in accordance with laws: of State..22.....1. ae 152 
Lewd pictures, and books... 4a. 523 
Liability. of city, electrical installations:...4_ 222 ee 96 


Library Board; powers and duties... 2. — 380 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 365 


Section 
BREET hs Liu A er ae peg tS ty 379 
Bea @ a onations; received by Board... nat. aah Sol: 381 
MRM MNOS ie es a Sniper pete, Lao or70. tests 382 
MunermmectADUSHEd: ues ee 8 tes eee ro i tnoret htm Dy, 378 
Library property; unlawful to injure or destroy.........00.0.2000.200200----- 383 
Pere wannitial electrician Sic. een atiia..300824.3 5 ls 61 
Meese, applications, for vehicles for hire...iiisi el bila. 358 
DOR OTC OCCUNALION: TAX i oe eel ey, 384 
License, certain granted at discretion of City Manager................ 387 
Bee erat ey Ola expitationin lhe wah edu 385 
isiccnse for operating vehicles for hire.tesiie:cueh id 357-359-365 
icense for vehicles; issued: by City Clerk tecticc2l lecnnleansles: 359 
Ee CLC Ole ieee eed tes eyes elite luge te ee 65 
Re ecemiineycita, bes displayed... c.-rg) lyin ks. dere ceausrees 2 365 
ieee, toisdemeanormto operate without..........2..-0/iai ne. 368 
Peer eemGeruITcUm lO MOS Si Crk ree ries Sole As he 22-23-24-402 
eres teem ee Uitte Agee es Pp ee le eos 1) ae 360 
Dreenecetaxercduitedsforcircus exhibitions...0) i 2.-Ale. calla. 394 
eee Re OGL Coarse leche 392 
Pee Ce I CRECVOKECE LOT CASO fo seenscarnncrcpeon i edaigted ete 367 
FOO 2 1 REE (22S ae Sn oY Oe Lae as Sc ee 405 
v8 st) STEREO URTE Dg Si <) 0 01 0 NS t= ae ep eee eee Pea eR 573 
2 Te SRE CS WG en oe 40 
eee aiipaaine mst obtdin permit! s..s.2c:2l] 21 ads. 7\ 
Reece OMMATITUSCINGITS 12. cacacnns heise cotebtgeidaca-dasive.-J-ceie eke 49 
Mee a plocinveat ets OF CXCavations......--.-:./--is---asideh eect 475. 
eas ESTEE TES ES ERE Sa et a Ee eee ae 34 
aegis CC OR rel ee tee Ne ay es) ea cil See 40 
Meret. AOW CO ages Mel G ctl ite Aci ods alt AO 
mien mint Oxicating derining. oak aie ee ah aeee 349 
Me mere Ce CCAICT St ICONS Ce oo. creas reece sect Sncula a bbel Mosh andedscstedegch-- AGS ROOO 
Mr et G AIC Cie s caer 8) dere Nes sialon a 386 
Living or sleeping in place of production, unlawful...._.....2-.......... 274 
Loads, floor; to be distributed............... pA TUARG ne ae T haga 2 ote 36 
Beerleme eines oy. ee coe Sac yield ls ein gee 33 
Loafing, loitering, in gambling halls; unlawful........................ 288 
Pemecexrriceis sinlawiul-on, street.....c.....---.--.-.-S aie ee a: 626 
(WEE “Ch VATE LoS co RS IIa EMO: Me TREES Pree Ag 33 
Bee eruceipepuvlic places, unlawiul.3.c2oi0n 8k pln a hee 467 
mre me Line ie ee ee eee aan 109 
Dae MECCA Tiya) CALS eases 8 ee) no tet oe Men ees mee 34 
M. 
BOC LY eATlA VLU CAITLIN ooo yen Posen pens Pegg chen age pts 533 
ee AS Soca Ss vane scbage Saat ee dlp goatee ery 113 
Beeler itla lin tO; LEA ER Opel. wo anes ee een eres tee 494 
a rate T iC eewtee bane remiss 8 bs SEC TEE ROR Ae 38 
Preeeentindat larce. Wa ein 8 Osta ad eid eee: 1 


Suerte cleatiiness  Tequired..:...3-..05-2-- kn eens hak ae te 144 


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Section 
Market, City; establishing.........5..04....c.02 asta teee eee 135 
Market. hours \....2...cc.2-cccteiec cece ee ccag tcf ee ee cee en 136 
Market space; designated..........-222..2.:::1::.4::.20: oe 136 
Market; superintendent, Of. ..2.2:..-4.....c: 2001 -4e01--..:.- 2 137 
Market; use of sidewalks.0 2.002.100) LA0 ee 140 
Markers; at street crossings. ..:s.2:..:....101.._ 0 347 
Masked Ball; ‘public...u.0UL Ane. rr 459 
Materials - 0.2. ciccc.cssi 2ecccsescnsesscshsetecsctdusscnecsucsedle =D OOUe Ree 34 
Material for external covering for buildings...t4.2..2eeee 195 
Material. for. sidewalk.....1..002. al 600 
McKellop Addition; numbering houses in.....................-. 339-340-342 
Measure; legal. bushel..t0J01 2 766 
Measures; legal capacity. Of-.:..2:.2.0-2c---0-1-0se0q00ets) rr 767 
Measurement of:-buildings.......0200.000l.... 02 
Measures. used :i200.n2) ON eno oh TO 768 
Meat: market.;.sanitary regulations.......02.1).1.......0se 282 
Meats, fish, fowls and game; protection of... 11222 259 
Medicine shows; licenses... eee 386 
Merry-go-rounds, etc.; licensé<...2.2....22.... 386 
Metal :curtainsui 2a eees yg eee vetlel 4 49 
Metal window frames..i...--2:1../2.::-:0:.:¢erssecse-essndck eon eee 40 
Metallic chimneys © s..ccc.cc.c..ttcceeeccceneateeliocciccpsececesetee ee 41 
Metallic smoke flues.c....i.....1.h.c nicked 41 
Meter loops, installation of. 22 We 82 
Meters; gas; testing of..2s...4....202) oe 134-k 
Meter reading ...:2.4.2..4. 2000 Se Jed 
Meter. rates) ies iii 761 
Meters; charges, testing for. water..........<.-00545... nn 743 
Meters; interference, inspection, penalty... 3. ee 750 
Meters; installation of:..2.:.2............. L040 | 82 
Meters}: water ;-TePAaITrs  tO.c...2-.ccsccnecasssssksele dell ts 5 eee 749 
Meters, water; kind authorized...............1.........0 745 
Milk,... adulteration Vic) ee Le eee 418 
Milk and Dairy. Inspector..,.............00i A 406 
Milk and dairy rules and regulations................ 22 433 
Milk and dairy. inspection!:.2.0.0:22.53.20 7 437 
Milk dealers; licensé.u.....0....c.128l ol ee 386 
Milks grade Of-ccsicc..scctecsicsctecsscesstesfedcee-teseocheasee-s4ite- 0-1-0 413 
Milk Inspector’s powers.2.....40) 4 e.un2 et 425 
Milk; permit for salecot iii... 410 
Milk; permit may be revoked:...12.04..2....0.2. 411 
Milk; skimmed 223.2 4ie 414 
Milk; skimmed, grade of.22.00.2.-20.. 417 
Milk: to be, bottled::2.. et eee 434 
Milk; tuberculin testii2 23 0 419 
Minors not allowed in pool rooms.-_...-.-..0..2....:--1s.. 565 
Minors; unlawful to loiter on streets..........42..4...5.2..= 471 


Misbranded ; .defined ° c.sc.0 .ss-ccedimenccsl Re 247 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 367 


Section 
Peeeremenw 1000S. Or. drugs settee Ss Oo) FON ea boon, 239 
Miscellaneous; (Building regulations)......... LAER ee ots 54-94 
Meee TOO Of Aros aus etiag AT  Ohte SCTE oe fa Zo0 
Meee sutieeproperty of public utilities, ...2..0cececsde ee 404 
SIERRA 11 Sittin ne Nt aes IS NT er 2 ae 377. 
MP etes rina witthstO, CeStroy 220.22) cescscch thaccses we 470 
Messin possession of council, when!...0..)2).2000 2 ea 373 
MnP tC See CLIT re ec ds Eia sacdssdnrs ed AM 638 
Mererecuicic. to carry lichtedslampy ine) ae. Lele 644 
Motor vehicle; unlawful to leave machinery in motion................ 662 
Motor vehicle; without state license tag unlawful............2........ 633 
Motor vehicle ; with engine or factory number defaced, unlawful 634 
CEERI it awirinoe sos et ee I ee 81 
Bron cycle, only one person permitted- to ride... 02.02... 660 
Meme tes PeleCETICIAlIS .-2.:20c-c er ea eo ee ole 
Ber emecteres theatre y LICen Seo. 3c ieee etn n aeons sre cee saree see OO 
(Ty ET IG UG FCG eS esl se el RRA ee BO OST ARLD GLey Be 
SC ACCC OX CIC CC. <i ocececcccececce cdc tten eee teen ete 14 
Meee eoicetsea s promibitine’ sale. .2.n. ben ee 16 
MMMM UNO At ATO Ce hl eeebcataste a dice 1 
nen wc (ey eer ae ee ee eee ee 20 
Meee eoeronipitine use Of Imjurious......._--..2-- 22a eeedeeeccoenepee ra 
weeezlns does pursuant to proclamation...2.._-2.-..--2---ci oe ft h 19 

N. Re 
0 ied) EA ercasahe, LOS @' (exe alk Ge Sli ne ea PD aaron be Be 67 
Berets Preece uiOvaiaictny, COMLTACt. <2... oleh cee “ake 
pee eat pe PrOVIde Ce neces eee delete 43 
Nitroglycerine; misdemeanor to convey through city.................. 200 
co ody VST Gita LUKE! AGU a 9) 10k Ss eA ea em An cong 40 
Bee ee TS A OUCLC y0t o oon ae ns snnda dace once negensteneecorscennpestes Z 
meets DUldinoimspector tO. désionate.. we 344 
Numbering house; requirements.......... Bin gihdesey a: Aran Cir her ea Sot 343 
RE om Cee MOUSCS Aes tte en te cor eee $39 
OF 

Bem Witvemtin a Willlye. 2 Stl) Oa oe Re 456 
Bertier seareports, Ol. births.2<...0 0k. tl a AO 302 
Be Flcaitaee 11 SOW Chi ate eave. ea eens ke 580 
Meeaeucuions. removal aiter- building... 00 Oe aa 38 
Miseructions; street and. sidewatk......2..1L ue bh. ee 468-477 
Mrranretionerairoadss. prohibited t:ii. 2.2 ee 503 
PRION MIGCNSG 02 ee ea os hh 384 
ectnationsicense; date, of expiration:2..10 Jeune ee 385 
Metre Peete al penalty... ie a ee 452 
a TEE ait. Stevetsct ates an cto cectae sensi kdeken nto te Met tesds ou 8 
a TEV VRTETSY yf 2 | 2288 0a ere ROME Fe vey 33 
Seeicers ance board oF iHléctric’ Railroads:.....anc. 170 


Ree en Im OliCe..GOTLtIY sie citi a Ae Le 441 


368 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Oil and Gasoline not to fall on street... 2. Seg 651 
Oilsstorage regulated...... 42n¢ 2 2hegek cee eee 203 
Oil wells within city limits prohibited........2h. =e 536 
Opium; .penalty. 222002. 168 
Opium; wnlawiul to, sell ice ccecteccs ecceceressee eer 163 
Opium. den....-222.:351-4-h eg oe ee 513 
Ordinances in_ conflict repealed...U:e:..-23 25152 453 
Oriel 5) Win dOW. occcccccsccccccnpotpsornntsdbsnclstesproeerostesnta tthe oe rr 33 
Outside water. closet; defined.:4.2.2.J202..1.1425.) ee 109 
Owners or employers: of; gamesi.1.44.)42. 21.2 291 

pe 

Packages; detimed » ox. cc-sice.cesecee etek coe -o nse stuns one oer) 248 
Park; injury to shrubbery by. stock...) 2... ee 6 
Parking 2c cee csenenecnsnnese tpeecue sk dota ce cqennasblgtel tomas aa aa 33 
Parking; driving stock Ove? _..-.-2 sot -< cee: t er 6 
Parking; manmer Ofs2..<.c....-2.--sct-carseuecoutaceesees-2-/-on- 677 
Parking; near Katy right-of-way_.2.2.3 4... 713 
Parking properly” ..c.....-ictecancechguctessten een eae te ee 712 
Parking ; stock -+hitched on, prohibited2. 2. 2 6 
Parking; taxis unlawful in certain limits... 12.4... =n 715 
Parking; unlawful in. certain, limits.222. 025s ee 714 
Partition walls) c.c..e. 42h be <0 
Partitions; dwellings and apartments...) @........3. 40 
Party wall nccc-ccitecieeneapeeteen done se seen eon ee 33-40 
Passing instruments into jail unlawful... 465 
Patent medicine; manufacturers license...........:........ eee 386 
Paving; how to remove. icone ech cipeencact see 38 
Pawnbroker ; defined | .:.sn.-ceecice-teasethcccuede snip alee ae apo 
Pawnbroker 3 license ...000.2..2.cc2ooeccceecnce nesters 386 
Pawnbroker; license; must be secured... 2. ee 554-560 
Pawnbroker license; revoked for violation_.._.......-... eee 56] 
Pawnbroker; must furnish bond:o2- 3 ee deo 552 
Pawnbroker; must keep record of property... eee 556-558 
Pawnbroker ;not to purchase from minot_....__2_2... 559 
Pawnbroker ; penalty. .....0 lane 562 
Pawnbroker; register open for inspection.......4..2.412.)..40.ee 557 
Peddlers of carload lots; license.......24..i6.14..255.. 465.5 386 
Peddlers ; jewelry ; license. ...--..-2. 2... sc---. 210d osc 386 
Peddlers of merchandise;. license:.:..2<tiuc. tun 4y rr 386 
Peddlers of products; license....th:-s05).....48. 24021405 orn 386 
Peddling in other places prohibited.2i.<....cal.u0di, 138 
Pedestrians; to cross street at intersections......412.4).4 654 
Penalty; revocation of building, permits_...1...2.4..4 ae a2 
Penalty; violation of all ordinances........1#4.....(2..=o nn 452 
Pension ; amount. Of; 2... cpecpeececeacpecdle-o pesos essa op 221 
Pension, disabled firemen.....2---.:22c-seccg-<<os capes pecs Dae 
Permit; application for and issuance of; dairymen......................-- 409 


Permit, building ; record of application forewue) se 31 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 369 


Section 
evieemiiiding = required > teeSiisss.-Baserceia..y cp a.-c guetta nod 32 
Mees oreexcavatinge > how: to Secure,.......--cbs-ivseeiepep creep on 621 
Meee provision for additionalsasditss:1isn-A-<qeem-¢44-1- cats) --ore 410 
Permit; provision when cows not owned by dairymen................ 410 
RPE re VOCATION: Ol... c2.2: Spied. tae: ea, ats. oa be ge ode Aye 
Bmeestreto tisc Street for private purposes..-.:...cc-.2.lie lt eee ne de 38 
RM eae LOS TIX. PID CS, RGU -Precen ox. «ese sSen ely Feo aeebk ta eet bodcaeeeeee Ae 107 
PEELS S10.0(b eee ct ere ek hE ee a hie 240-643 
Persons in jail under charge of Chief of, Police.......4h:4 alton 545 
5 SSS eae OE eee ee I fe eee ee ee ere es 492 
ee TS tLAnS(ent license. 22 ies... cree secapcsecenneenese-u hoses 386 
Pmeramarnose connection in public. hall. c..o2..--.7-n0c---ceceresner-benese dane 42 
ME Vee CGT) <r 0 hoa agp dag cap ps cnet Sec as eg ep toe enegenoacceract 113 
Meter mA VAN ON OL (SOW OL oo 22 con ec cccenenngee een getecee noes ashes FOO RS NS 584 
ECAC MI TIE OS ce taiece: 8 ere Fe, aera aneopedsbne 113 
Bere 1G TN IStE DeuCAP PCG... et ae a ee 134-c 
Meeresenarate On Gach house. -..26. 252k icecdeer-specadeye-leaeeecsncesrepenae 754 
Paper stpports «pipe looks ;, prohibited... cnet een esieaceeeeencsery 113 
Repeemmme eee METI OT IGAICEKING Of 2 todo pars Scccbeenenbgnseorsonneteenr 109 
PRM MMT DWP LO CARS Yon sg fe a. A sn sc anenddnpch oonsates 457 
Ne ge a Ecce acagagensg nese nevsngnasae 45 
Pmmaminnwitinto deavevanenseesn i BI A a 478 
Plans and specifications required to be filed_.........2.....ee eee 32 
Plumber; return made to water department..........0.0.00........ 742-744 
Imier otatremient- of work done......2..-0..-2--.-2echecpckicpeesee rected: 576 
RNC MIN SATIS CULO 2082 ak- a cec-antsnacahacceacena+nipsecneresinate vende 585 
Meremnets es vi0latin@ereetlations ; penalty............c.-2..-.-cdsccecsesencsecees iaVe 
Plumbers Examining Board to issue certificates to gas fitters..134-d 
Prous lispector-screating office of:2:0...1. 400 101 
Meee tnicpectons: duties of) 2. .:.12i,2...-0,05.. olen Pade ere 102 
Cyr hoor [Ie RW ee Wo) Se" CHESS 5 Vo1 gi Renee ae On 109 
(SPE PORES WISE pits TI Va 1 a es ee rer a 109 
Metra PORMBTINIMOTMrepalrs ) CeLined.s: 2. cfet ce ee ences tandnn tes lneaes 109 
Bememerecr ce ee ttistesliaVve Permit. <2 Me tease iol erage 107 
Memb etmtist" Dey Tested tetiisahi a cass detec seescacec TN 110 
emeniine must) be inspected before coveredisiyoie. a1, 110 
Semone) erimnits issiied.when....a:ieseane.co) ea. tat eens 110 
mtenierework to conform to ordinance.....2.:505fceceesiepepscee te 103 
Smioewortk unreasonable delay... 2c. 2. eccoee cece eacbancemeecetae- 123 
Pimaipine work: in violation of ordinance..142.2.01... 123-124 
Pee ancewiresvotyelectric railways:i 2 wo ee eo 171 
Petece courts. jirisdiction off tsnu. te 297-440 
MIME OF fee OLTICEL Se: no. 229.04... Ee ee, pe sae od 44] 
MIME lire Cit. Ol) SESSION. << 5-25 sec ancctdgeee ethan enon gegen 442 
meamubenartiient ssduties a5. to; traffic... ee 4bacde tate cane 710 
TPE Cele CLeCIION Olan .a rh 4 hang ES ce ee ae 443 
En REG eS CPN 8 og ae cael SIRE pe gine Re. gether eRe 444 


CUI YING) Ole rc sche fap chon coge, oe ciahace ad eR og ee aaca 445 


370 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


| Section 
Police,-Judge; may~ suspend sentence......2)....2._2 2 or 450 
Police Judge; power of... 22 448 
Police Judge; to assess punishment and fine..........002202- 449 
Pool rooms; unlawful’ ‘to open on’ Sunday...) eee 563 
Pool rooms; to close at midnight._..........._...... 2 Se 564 
Pool: rooms; minors not allowedu2i i220 eee 565 
Pool rooms; games of chance not permitted... See 566 
Pool rooms; penalty.-.2.c22.ce tesco eset ieee 567 
Portable. stands; regulation ofi8.2..02212. eee 548 
Pound; animals impounded in... Ae 
Pound fee =..220- a eee eee 2 
Powder house; to maintain within city, misdemeanor.................. 201 
Prisoners; ‘assisting In’ escape 465-464 
Private property; trespassing On_2022. 22 496 
Private sewer; defined... ee 109 
Private sewer; to conform to regulations..~-..- 3.0. .ae 581 
Privies; regulation of!c5 2 ee 5 ye 
Privies;: removal of -contents...- 3 a 324 
Privilege -of electrical inspector 22 22! 93 
Proceeds; sale of animals impounded... 3 
Procedure; white slave. traffic... 515 
Proclamation; to muzzle dogs.-i.240232aneelt ee 19 . 
Procurer, White. Slave ‘I'rafficil 2522 eee ee sadieeaS 
Profanity; ‘unlawful- nn eee 456 
Prohibition of certain foods for cows... 424 
Property owner to make sewer connections, etc., before paving..627 
Property; injury to stock2......:/2le:-sccls-cec0-.-10 6 
Proscenitim’ CUrtaims 2o.22.soccccecceccstenode tant 49 
Proscenium frames: 22:22... 49 
Proscenium; walls and doors in...) 49 
Prosecutions; police court; form of............... nn 447 
Prostitutes 2.5.15 ok eee ett 517-518-519 
Protection of pavement... 631 
Prowling about. private property... 483 
Public auction; animals sold at... 7 2 2 
Public halls 2. ee 42 
Public improvements. not affected i.2. 25.02 624 
Public morals; penalty, for violation?. 4.) ste 527 
Public -parks.;. injury. -tOccsccc-de-ctde t-te 490 
Public. property ;- defined:..nccs.00- Se 609 
Public selling prohibited on Sunday... 547 
Public work under construction; unlawful to injure...........-...--.-- 618 
Punishment and fine assessed by Police Judge.........-....:::0se------ 449 


Pyrotechnic display... a ee 462 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 371 


Q. 

Section 
Quality of materials. 8 tec jt VSR SIS oe WY 23% 34 
Quantity of water not guaranteed.................. DE ALT WING RGSS 760 
Ciro hirer fe) sd, seven Mii ee elk, a he) a 299 
Questions under debate; motions allowable........000.0000000..220022.0000--- 374 
Quiet and safety zones near schools and hospitals.........02....... 705 

R. : 

eee ACT OSSING Od tos a8 rg rit ct tence 8 desde lets i abd eel 605 
Baye. tO) busldesidewalks) is). alwrle yn soot be iyo 601 
Kaimway stations; soliciting at prohibited... 2...2.0....---2. olen enenaen 540 
Bimaveeceteleagersy 2 ek oe See TT Aa. ts ee Pe 54 
Pere uinlawtulto carry ticity IO I eo te 457 
Ree eA ITE LCT Seo tnie. Do Ancor oman eve et ee SOW AY ATOL EUS 4 BEM 734 
esspninent of marketspace daily? 2280) 03 2200) yon s Vue 143 
Receiver of wrongfully diverted current; penalty.......................... 99 
Receptacles; cracked or broken; prohibited............... Me MOG Lae 279, 
PeeGG re DAI. IN SPECLObr ci a eee) BID GON, yoy Po 31 
ert eSOtAULG Ol. Atiiiiia bee cores acc eI SO OTF Ces 5 
Red light; placing at excavations and obstructions................ 38-475 
Red colored headlights prohibited on vehicles.......0..0.0.2222.2---------- 648 
Beiriperators, wastes; sizevand- traps... .-o-.- secede oe ecti eas secede PS 
epee a rc ittemiarkce care Olt 2) the 02 LEE eae 282 
Refusal to issue Pentiieate of HERS PI TEAM ED MOM oe £ OU HAG 
Retasal permtssion~toy ha tlic... 2-2-2 -2.-cste esas Bos Se pelo Las ate 
Registration; gas appliance fitteruiieaea, ieitol elaasa. ioe 134-e 
Regular meeting : Cement ee ons 28ST) NO OP EEG Teds 370 
Regulating sale alcohol; wood and denatured..........000020020...--- 160 
Pern cede concrete -colstruction! © 2 i20. 2 Je) 2 20 be 46 
Relocating ; frame building within fire limits.._............ LEaeS 194 
Memoval-olrearth. from. streets... fois cesses de I Re 622 
PAG ye a et ee ee aera. Bere 1 Aes 33 
Pepa ime electrics ttacksc28 eee I IOS pe 176 
Pepaitowal -Old.-Witint-s-o2. tecnico ASRS SU BD 86 
Repairs of frame buildings within fire limits......0222222.222022000------ 192 
Repealing Ordinance. 897 (Plumbing Code)... 126 
peepee eciectrical,inspector=! 22) 8290 0) 1 Mg eo en oS 95 
Semi cmeteGisOb POlICe rere eM, OTN SOON | ee 3 
Betis ean LOrceiment nn. t eNO) ks BS ay eee 30 ee 6 
EE CES SEs aE ae eR Ra 0 LO Se a 464 
Retail dairy route; to report illness of employes............2......2......--- 432 
Petailstores.;solicitinge-for,. prohibited2.20-.. 2225. Jee ee 542 
retailer ;.to Keep. record of: sale of alcoholintc) heel eed 161 
0g 2 OOS | ene eee ne nee ieee ene one CRUST Tye ee 33 
Sh VS eS LT ee es oP Rn ae TSCA S eiieies e 33 
Meet POIGMIMILS Oy 102? CSE) i ee ae ee 411 
Peete: a Wills tO-Carry 2 ee 457 
Riding or driving on sidewalks; unlawful.........02.0200202.0......... 479-682 


Demeoor sdriving \carelessicccc..scn lie 481 


372: INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Ridingoutside body of vehicle; prohibited... 2233e aaa 361 
Roadway; defined 22 --.-n-2-..c.cece-noseestecgeseoeecsec-t---+2-e=/ rr 642 
Roller. skating rink; license.._.....242x¢¢:<:::c5:-<}.o3e 0 386 
Roof flashing: ‘oc. siccccscccc--c5 elactetcedencthentsttect-ccgeenss = 11d 
Roof gutters; how connecteds.....2.2---3s:--4..40 rr 122 
Roof: incombustible’ 015.220 Bea ses 33 
Roof timbers not to go through walL..................... ee 40 
Rooms for moving picture machines......_....-2......---2--1-2-30 eer 49 
Rubber hose; unlawful to convey gas through................-......-.. 134-e 
Running at large; animals..:i....2.00 1 

S. 

Sabbath breaking’; prohibited__................42.0:.- 2 546 
Safe loads; masonry work. ..)...;...0:...2.c0:2cc:cesece0e20-7-00e a5 
Safety zone; police to mark Of::.tis4..2:2-j--3 ee 703 
Safety zone; no vehicle permitted)...224..5 47127 704 
Safety and quiet zone; speed! limit}.......4_2..- 1. 706 
Salacity; regulating dogs during.....4.-2.3s.5seeee eee L Budeeee 28 
Salaries; fire department...-_-.....:....22...11sbee 188 
Sales of unclaimed goods; license...212.4.-5,4--us--se ee 386 
Sanctuaries, birds; designating parks aS2u.. 4.4, 25..00e eens 29 
SAN cecicccececeseselbdesneescsecsceressadivaeedahcdyic «levy ie nea et 34 
Sand bags; unlawful to carry-..:..0.1.22.22..420¢505-0 ee 457 
sand boxes; how constructed:...... 22.4.2: .¢te-tle-edeess-c.20esp ee 
manitary Inspectors ce eee Lesechddesid oad nee er 312 
Sanitary regulations; penalty........0)..400%... 337 
Sanitary officers; Assistant Food and Drug Inspectors................ 238 
Sanitary officers; Assistant Milk and Dairy Inspector................ 408 
schedule of gas pipe; specifications for_......._ Aine 134-¢ 
Screens ; regulation .-...c..ccccscsectics.st1de-tase¥esctangii4set eer 272 
SecreensS; WiINdOWS  20o...2..-.-2--cee--cesee-0--d-cesnsi 142.00 ese 307 
Scuttles on flat roofs. ..........:ccccscccecet-cencecoecerse-- ogee . 54 
sea food; acid prohibited.............0.0........-.-...n= errr 261 
eats. in! theatress. 72s) 2 eee ee 49 
Second hand dealers; regulating buying from minors.................. 569 
eecond hand dealers; penalty....2.....2:82..00.4_...25 570 
second hand dealers; to keep register_.....-...1....1.2.5) 568 
Sediment pipes from house boiler.._.....4).22 12 116 
Seizing of false weights and measures.........../.......ee 771-773 
Seizures animals ccc cece beeccceccs esse cue bese eveeesecasncue ce G 
selling of intoxicating liquors. c.2-.J4. 2s. -sece: to 353 
Separate water pipes for) each house..a:.2-1..2:2..10...... 754 
service pipes, gas, inside of buildings... 12..42...0 134-h 
pewer defined | 2... ck 109 
SEwWer CONNECtIONS) ocr eee 572-588 
Sewer connections; duty of property owner to make........0.222...-. 590 
SOWer Pipe esse asst hia a ee ee Oe, 111 
sewer pipe; defects of... dict. totija. Slike il eee 111 


eewer pipe; ditches graded. nee 111 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 373 


Section 
Pemmemermmsi Cri ia Vito. oe es i een tet Cig Cnr 584 
pee nanner of laying. Atintsl i ee ee oy 111 
Ber er pipe olditile ‘to bexremoved/ans.). ied ee a: 111 
Sewer laid under supervision of plumbing inspector.................. 589 
femme Onbe. laid: before: paving”. wires plotline neh 627 
Seen drains materials for. Gita) 2. cane 583 
SPER, (QS tie ts, on ee ELS WA derel®, Sree oe cyan “Aas 578 
PE MCHA LV fy eee tes oe eet. Le ie! eerie listed eer tirk as 592 
rch CTS were ene ses, Hie 8 oe oe ee tiem. sate 571 
Smee LeS tOracOnnection.. enimetly etna iawele oe aes 586 ° 
7 TOSI ae? 22 lain pease oe Pasoks SEW Es Se AAA 3 See Me OL Re SEE 582 
noma te tte Tootsies ck 2. ater ge ecb sed 2 54 
Rr mnremrenee 7 es INE Ad ars widen Oy AO. bee. Bie Laks 88) 
mre momecn ety wnicencsesy 26. tawitsoy sears soeee bee! 386 
ere timemoan business; defined:...2.:........-2. 02s. An aed 397 
peaneisimedorn. companies; revulation.. 2... Penile) 399 
Shortie, loan business; license fee.lesiuo.4.2 ieee. 398-400 
rem Tec. | eh eM ameter ee ee fo Pe BOIS. Byaal 
Show window ............ MMP eR er. tire inset sth) ot eR rte hat Sh 33 
Piece natke MMUTVvietOnst. er tla. veel it he ale 490 
Pmiuebecy hitching stock to; prohibitedsu2 listens. 6 
penne att ant id eet een gure... 12 oeia et tea othe. {Bue 505 
Bene Seite mie emir) shi) 60S eked an eee Sane 40 
Beene eters cise Aicrs e080). Oe. boa tes a 224 
Rp Die SS Ss SI Nn Nek A ee Deed Re 37 
bivewalks) city enomeer to prepare plans,-etc:..t..22co5.. 593-598 | 
Co ee SG SSIES 2a 5001 2) ee ee 276 
eer RoR eeae swOripping Ot, 2. fk Jeu deta. ee 37 
Oe OSE Bo ETH CRG AS SND SUS <a nee cee bet AAO ae et 603 
Ch pop RUE ETSY Ray 6 RR DCTE VELS SU BSRRNe o-J6 tan Ad oe a KO ER OES 594-595 
Brg ea DCOIRICA LION eo 2c. cat oes ge 602 
eee comes reno he Giss 2... A Paeiin, Latin olie ie eee 37 
pee@r ties epoweening of saregulation,2'. e iret) iil. Be ee 326 
Bigewallc storobtain peroiut for. cutting) 2) tein; esti ie 628 
Rracwalks ;.temporary, |..i.0:-/0----- Star AON SMR tg Ra Bes 3 AS ets PR o7 
pie TcoeMUISed LOG NMIATK Cte foo. cool ssccnancecnco- sean vnscn see dca enn ese 140 
mre Sis Ci SPA COL UNC Oi asic ts aat ect eoces sec brecigp Peter yertacerencen eae ee o7 
Sidewalks; when defective to be removed............2.....21.-----.---------++- 597 
errr oe macht Ol fee ore ose 88s oat ee oe RG ed ote ag. 599 
Signs and bill boards... eee cee teeters 53 
SEAMEN DTA Ng 1s Cig lm ope ieeinean On AREER ba PER Ose cae zee 2a 89 
etre OLA TIT OVISIONS 3 ors. s cope ee ee 53 
Pee ttitinertransient license... 208i Lee 386 
Pee ooopecimeiiidingss enna). 92s Sh) 2 Sere NON, 22 53 
SUSY sas etba {27 Caria ike eae oy eee Soe nin eee ee ae eee eee 88 
LEC GCI I CS a soe atest sneenasenscc sort eyy a eee mn ed 151 
feeeemoteservice pipes for dwellings.....--2-5 ssc csr carers eens 134-g 


BUNT PON CECIICEION eee re eet eye ee oe 33 


374 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


. Section 
Scyclichts?stheatreswe ee ee WME es 49 
Sky-lights;. within fire limits.....\s7.. M0 ee .. 54 
Slaughter house; regulations..i2..s%4..20_.) ae 278 
Sleeping in street-or public ‘place... 1200 467 
Sling-shot; unlawful to carry._2il.uc. 2h. eee 457 
Slot .machines, etc.; prohibited_2...._2/221>1ci_... oR 290 
Slot. or vending..machines; license-.................... (1 386 
Slow. burning buildings)... i2.2.002....... 48 
Smoke, houses: o..ccciccl cc Stitk ne cece shea edn oer ee 54 
Smoking’ in street cars; prohibited__1.i:a2020_ 2 506 
Soft. drinks, exclusively ;. license... 28... 2 386 
soda fountains; regulation.........._..._._ La a 283 
Soda fountains and bar wastes; how trapped...0 ees 115 
Soil and waste branches; method of connection...............-........---- 113 
Soil pipe; definedu.t... 2a |) ee 109 
Sol pipes: littiness. we aie ae ink 
Soil or waste vent: defined.22...... 2) eee 109 
Soil vent stacks.._o.21.22-jecfecceccesat-csentesselyspeanelectiest oleae 113 
oil or waste pipes; diameter and weights<.— 2) =e 113 
Soliciting at railway. stations; prohibiting ~ 2202 eee 540 
Soliciting for retail stores; prohibited: 2.4.22) 2 ee 542 
Soliciting, street walking; unlawful = eee ce ae 516 
spark arresters for certain flues must be obtained.2i meee 242 
Spark arresters; failure to obtain... 229 2 Zi 
Spear, unlawful to carry.20.0...2 457 
Special election for excess levy...) 2 157 
Special meetings of Council: (eee Je a7 | 
Specifications of construction of granitoid sidewalks.._............. 602 
speed. rate’ allowed... 22S 694 
speed of trains in certain.places................ 604 
Spices and. condiments. .--...-22-c.22¢--ceccscteeccne ness 258 
Spitting. on. sidewalks; unlawful... 3302S 334-507 
Stable. racks, hall drains; etc....2.2022). 2 11S 
stack’ in plumbing; definedcaitins 1a) J ee 109 
Stage; open space of... 2 49 
Stage, woodwork 2.0000 49 
SLC MEMO Mf Gays alco 42 
stairs; school buildings...) oe Sele ee 42 
Stairs; winding and circular... 42 
Stair cases; theatres (20200 cee esse 49 
Stairway over street; prohibited: na 
Stairway. at street cornefs.....1.._._|__ 2c of 
stairways; fireproof buildings. .2.1j.ualcceniaaes 2 ee 42 
Stalled motor vehicles; gasoline delivered t0........0.20ceccceceeeeeeeoee 206 
»tamps and brands; uniformity_010.. = 765 
stand: forfeited cis pecs ncsecsnetvenues cic ene eae 141 
Stand “Pipes cocceecccaesssvprusceten secre ML Send De eee ee 43 


stand pipe; how constructed... ee ee 43 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 375 


Section 

Beeempes. places Of amusementiisails.f cepted adn tech 
Bememeomdesionated 22.2080 sane sens FADS NEE LEM aes eee 139 
mer ISD CCLLON cP) ok Scag co conde 228en ct le aS ete 72 
RM Cee COUT ii RW a aa jo 
IEE Cp eee 8 a oe ee 41 
Steam railroads; electric gongs at certain crossings...............2...... 606 
Pream railroads; flagman at certaim crossings....1.- 2262 f0t. ce 607 
Pe terairodds; gates at. certain. crossings. 22 jel lc is 605 
Meme OAC S Peay. ce aa nse eta ER 2) eee Ie 608 
Purr trond“ repilatine. speed. .22 iis.oA, 4G coheed 604 
See Ce PUCTIOU MIEN COM) ie Od re no On eg 47 
ee mr yaino through. streets. )ctese ees a Ee 6 
Pee beet obese impounding es 0 225 ey eae vy; 
eae ITIP NLT Come eR NINA ABNOR oo tL ee Ue 2-5 
PG eerUniiuc abn iarre re rl Ape. Ont 5 Sue 6 
Mrtmeemc nice MO Winlalc. 4.50 es esc I JO) Slee 40 
Storage and transportation of food and drugs, sanitary................ 271 
Peeracenor. ol. above eround; resulating. A 203 
Remrereuecmimincitc cetiired. <n tte Se ee a3 
(ESE GS Seg TEENS TE, "6 i a ae ee PE tee a ne SA 41 
co 1 SG ae el a et Rea eRe Rnath 2PM Cerna LT) ADE ee 33 
eer an re Operon tirerapparatuse.:-.:.2...200..2 an ae 666 
Preece srs esiioiie i prohibited: . 022.0 oe ke 506 
pieemems, to obtain permit for making.) 452 628 
ES CTS UWE S02 6 aa ee ee eam none leap Ee 629 
PEP mnOe Soin eiiarkers. ce Or a 347 
pire corossines ; not tombe obstructed 8008 681 
Sete merroscinos Gbpstnucting tt Aco A es 480 
prea Ce 1 CG ern ae ee Le! 641 
ee ee CCL IOH © Peay. Gals en NT ae 632 
Street improvement by electric railway company................-.-------- 172 
Sem CROrSe a TGiiA bycee te ere. ee Aine "tn 348 
Bee Tr mOUSE Ne iiow me ets bn eee ke ee eS 472 
Ee me ratiic ry NoOpCcorin MliCense.cc et te I 386 
Precetestands—-sale ol goods;: licenses... 386 
eecer walking tunlawiule 2.24 ee ek Arcot ide dk Syl aly 516 
Sreectstuse of dure construction of: buildings....22002. 002. 38 
a ON aaa onal ane te Rae ea Se gM ge foie ae a 36 
Strength; existing floors to be calculated.......................... et een sO 
amearoriaetetipOnaty “Sllyportse.c8 ee a. 36 
OT RINE TOS ESS Saray Rt) a Pe OR abe IC Ee 36 
emrerere tee eta lh ters: connec ape Ne ON a eI 34 
Seieperitions.. not sto support. floors..2ln so Re 40 
precedent .oretnarkete-eint eae Gohl eine eos 13/7 
Superintendent of market; authorized to arrest.......2............. 146 
Suspension of work; violation of building regulations.................. ad 
Es SOIT ES VIL CL DORE Se age tc Lhe he are eg at ns 79 


Smee HOALCS CONCUUIE. ANGs CONNECTIONS (st fsa basse tag: -2nspegeedee-ece? 80 


376 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


Section 
Switches; emergency and: limit. JOU A222 44 
Sword; unlawful-to ¢carrye..2 2 457 

16 

Tacks... inStree@tssci-sc4 sack oebesicensad ohh cians oh dase 489 
Tampering with electric current; penalty for-....0..000n 100 
Tank, water; places ofsamusement:...0..0201.2211 42 49 
Taxi and. cab. drivers ; license....2..2002...1/.201) 2. 386 
Taxi drivers; to wear badge.........-..--.....-t10L.1.0) fie 
Taxi, etc., copy of schedule to: public 110 ee Does 
Taxi cab; rates to and from Fair Grounds Park......... nh 728 
Taxi cab, Stars. co.cc emccpnenicenncnnenstib pe aoe-- Se rr 684 
Taxi; unlawful to solicit business on sidewalk.......22 522 716 
Taxi; unlawful to drive through Fair Grounds Park... Wad 
Teams; hitching in streets prohibited........4...2..20eeeeene 476 
Teams; leaving unhitched_...2-22..)---<---f--c2-0:tseee/eosseuce) or 
Template; stone-and tromice cto ceepsseesepcetoces apse eo esses 40 
Temporary buildings 02... .2:.-fccesiecss fee or 40 
Temporary drink stands; license.-i2-tis5so- eh 386 
Temporary one-story shed... c.:cc:cccct) oot -cpes eeeee 196 
Temporary permit; fees fOr cc. --c.0--ieccles ecceseeceeseenneee eee 32 
Temporary supports; strength, of)... 4.) 3.0.) oe 36 
TOMeMent  o.icescee-ccecceselecedendsacceooes sieeve gone Senet ara 33 
Terminal stopS; elevators...:.c::-<--c<cpotefeseesscaroes = 2p 44 
Tests on materialis sce. tc 25: 33-35 
Testing plumbing; manner. of.2........0.0 tenn 110 
Testing weights and measures; fees.....2....-0.:-. +i FES, 
Tests to determine safety of buildings..2.224.40. a 
Theatres ccc cccncesncdeetuevevecscacuen se nosoneonce ines ousccsahea eee oo 
Theatres and places of amusement..........41.....-01_..-<./) ssn 49 
‘Theatres; electricians. gccctece-10: easecdet-cet gs 90-91 
Theatres: license ...sccccccoc-ciccessséadsncdestoac-cs dt ep 386 
Thickness 2....-cceccopsodsscivetshes- 2. s. iadeeteot thes err 40 
Toilet paper :..cs.cc0cec-cbeicnl teal | cic resceeuip ee Ae ee 587 
Toilets, regulation _22cc. 2... cseccssnsicbd cack bs-actieco boce---) er 273 
Ton; defined» cxcessc ee 33 
Top or portable furnace.14.0 tebe a 41 
Tractors, etc., unlawful to drive,on street......._........... ee 630 
Traffic rules must. be observed. asf. «4-2 cut 635 
Traffic regulations » penalty... tau ise ae 719-721 
Traffic terms; defined: 224). - 4. 636 
Trains or engines obstructing crossings...........<...6.4.... ene 495 
Transient dealers; defined i¢...-4c-s2.4-cacseln ee 390 
Transient dealers; licemSe -..-fcc.e::c+c.c22-.--0clcciets.. os. 4 386 
Transient dogs; exempt. tiesclisshacsacs1 seule ese. 4.-_20- ee 27 
Transient merchant; license 4.13.20.....,.4.002 386 
Transient’ physician? license... 2... 12. 386 
Trap revents, concealed partitions..2..20 22/0) ee) 


Erap door; unlawful to leave openw.lt 2 478 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 377 


Section 
Mrravceanad. wastes connected..csce en ee A 115 
Meee cea of. described srasuiiiwns. s9adte wn ativeish. snoleh! 109 
Betermrorconorin tO rules =. sn certe dl mene thy alt 115 
RM MTGE” LOCAL CC ee Ege segec easton tneceenechont sd 115 
Me em DUENIN oO Of 1tSIGer LIPOs LMS! ce ec Fanta och acenscnaceec een senee 199 
Meee nia witil\to sweep anto Streets 2 o.oo cee ceeesc lec cepeeaen 320 
DCH tS iia yet Ome eee errr es, ee cee te EE ee 490 
Meperc Ockenitched to pronibited:2 4. -es.2e 2 okie A! 6 
SEN CIAERE SEL 5S SSI AS StS eS 582 
EE RCSL IV ATC DOD CLL Y cco c ncaa cts et acene kn ansenaccardnconsneecncdnadnnntectes 496 
(LTS ee lin og eal ape endear te ee a a ee ea 484 
Me TMeL este Ole Milk ota ence ae eens A 419-438 
Semermiiaingsatelafoe) () Is Cielol retain le Ch On Say 10 

uF: 
Mee eeaitnais= police tO Uncheck ic. 2cci seek ecchen sn npeeeendcviceadeyad 13 
Mimeleamewater; prohibited throwing in streets.....9.----0---.s<-te0-: 314 
Unlawfully converting electric current; penalty for................... 98 
mee eecmaeccmmpuunded... 4.0 ett a ee eee 25-26 
Est UT CIses melita witll 20k oe LUD GN a 456 
Urinal, bath and water closets; light and ventilation-................... 119 
Mere aictriictionh, prohibited use: .cc.:s.4-ye3--lisese ag epee dele 118 
ORE ASST 2] 5ST oa | SR ee ee on 121 
(LSPS Lea EWI Ey ga a eS 118 
SBE IC Ws COMStITICLOUM ete. ae 118 
Rema MLIGwyi Viet ped tre cis LN ah 118 
eta wicind soLstiarctialwallowed.............---...-...020.NL Anes 118 
Vie 

OF A Sy (GRE NIRS hrcA Oe Ga eet ee So alee RE eR 528 
ee Tey ee penalty yet en al er A ee a ae? yee) 
Validity of one section not to be affected by another.........21....... B98 
Beveger lestneatrews license... 2... beotewless colli saete bt 386 
ss 4s suiaMecin cn gh a 0ST fae) oor « Wena es Bone rma tntcte Oa eae Ne Roe. ease ere 478 
MUTA Owl (ete Pit, VET CT 1. 2-o1 Ae soc see cape hccecbnecte seeds qasenevennredbereose 284 
Pe mca ziine sieht pronibited 2 ieee ee 647 
Vehicle over 10 feet in width unlawful to drive............2...00.......-.-- 661 
et eretnanniet, of. parking......0..2202 01 22S Ae. 677 
Vehicle; not to be left standing in front of theatres.................... 683 
2 ora VSS EO eg ee ee ee BNP) Dey Sees 1 668 
Vehicle; shall not obstruct passage of anothet...................... 673-678 
Memreie. slow moving to keep: close to curd. none ce sceree 674 
RE i GO COtt io i tent tent ere OUT ane Re eae 670 
Vehicles ; to be stopped before entering Broadway or Okmulgee..720 
Vehicle; to give right-of-way to fire apparatus.............--..--.------- 665 
Seeeieeto cive, piace to another, when:w.....:526,--2.--.0j4--45_ 679 
weemiele; time allowed to park..........-......-.-------- Rae aaRerore h a 685 
Vehicle; unlawful to molest without permission..............-.------ 652 


eniele- unlawtul to leaveon certain stteets.._...2..-22.-.2 718 


378 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


. Section 
Vehicles: defined 2n:cc.ccccccci socccc cp toccesecceenofoceneetp de eeete ee 
Vehicles; detached in street, prohibited..:2 2 ees 509 
Vehicles; distance between..2...2...:....--:.-0201 4.2 692 
Vehicles; drivers not to be annoyed or harassed..............-..-..-22++- 701 
Vehicles, for hire; schedule of rates.....-...--:-.--.--se-:-40 eae 722 
Vehicles, for hire; penalty....12.2..4..-2-.4)- 42-315 5 729 
Vehicles for hire; record kept-un i000 (222 724 
Vehicles for hire; one person only in driver’s seat........-..-......-.-- 726 
Vehicles in motion; not to jump or ride upon......--..--------e---ceeneneee== 700 
Vehicles ; not to pass street cars taking on passengefs..............--.. 695 
Vehicles; not to stop with left side to curb.ct_1.2_4:.:Aieee eee 676 © 
Vehicles; not to make loud or unusual noise:...2_-2 eee 707 
Vehicles; shall not: drive abreast... 
Vehicles; siren; unlawful to operate............. | etedseh ee 689 
Vehicles; to give signal when approaching... 687 
Vehicles ; to be equipped with brakes and suitable signals............ 688 
Vehicles; to turn only at intersection.....::1...).22..50)eeeee 675 
Vehicles; to display lights when lefti1est3 22253 646 | 
Vehicles; unlawful to repair, etc., in certain places................--...-- 709 
Vehicles; unlawful to attach to... 0-2 71¢ 
Vehicles; when passing others _.:2 671-672 
Vehicles; which have right-ol-way.....2.. 632 663 
Veneered. building 0000.0... ba 33-40 
Vent pipe defined... ka 109 
Vent pipe near OpeningS......--...-cesc-.scccc--ssecsenonso se 113 
Vinegar, colored, distilled; sale prohibited... 264 
Violation; prima’ facie evidence of.!..c....2:....0.)..88. 249 
Violation ; building regulations............. 220022 ee o1 

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Wagon yard; licensé.tt....1.-t-30c.-mfecs:babesce:- t-te 386 
Wagon yard, proprietor; license...............- lees Lo 386, 
Walls . .2.........22h a2 ele, 2 a 33 
Walls and piers. eu ee 40 
Walls; business buildings; table of thickness.i..-ecccccccceccececeee--- 40 
Walls, thickness of; how carried,....0--- ical jcs ee 47 
Ward No. 1 defined................ sap eee nena teeth Digs ce dl 731 
Ward No. 2 definediiioe8 05 7aeeieeiee, aon ui Be 
Ward No. 3- defined... 91) Gan iO0e 07 G98l) ot ac 733 
Ward No. 4° defined oe Oe 734 


INDEX TO ORDINANCES 379 


Section 

Senet pipeswore tins! 9 06 i SSE OI a ee 4] 
MmeeeraataventS size permitted: Cele ss ee Teh 114 
B@ete connections -allowed.oo oie 114 
Myeastesmatter receptacles; public places.-a:-2nuce cE 322 
er emer ior el irediyrrer <r TION OU OE ORe TU ee 109 
Waste; prohibited throwing in streets and alleys........0..2.....--- oto 
ea ioie Ofist rth Oe) RUNNY oltre oF Boot) Db ae 115 
SIP REI Aaa IPC erst ihe NIA! OM) Se Poe 579 
Ree emecnarees, payable monthly! ..../0\.c038 222 eee. 746-747 
IEE OY net Sree ante ieee ici ee AS 114 
Beem Onc commits re rs ie brs SUI oe alo at 116 
Re atetrcrosetss- NOW ventede. sonnel 117 
myereercrosetss manner of mstalling. 1s: ee AL Vi/ 
Merten closets; not reiirstalled 2.0 ene 117 
Ree meClOseEs + OttGOUr tare Oe a 116 
prec ecraaets places O1 aliitsement... Ae. 49 
Seeecmrclosets:-pronibited removal...) ee ee, 117 
mmupermcorosctuss "revelits et required... 0.200220 V7 
Bee tec ioseise set On flOOraane..ce le 117 
ESSE PERT Waly ag 06 (oh) 1 em en Ely, 
Seeretixtures: protection irom freezing.....!:.49.-14--.eialeh.s 239 
IF Ye TES a pa 05) 0 Fs 1 jog ie ee Sa Liz 
(FATES a EUS BY GI 8 (a Se 112 
FEES? SEMA OG DS Y2S) ola SS Se a 4] 
MR CSC CUZ CSP OIC USC oon hogan cee nee eenen sae dectaapedonsntnstes 741 
(5 2 SED RES Weg 2) ih.ny AV 9 ict pe en setae ene Le ep Rene arte ar asinoe ey {601 6) 
Coy 5) TST 09) | EG Ya) on ieee nies ee ne Re Ae ere 748 
Met wecetvice- places of amusement... 2c pl ce 49 
EEE SIR Sal IE Pete capa A. nb ath Soi ee on onto 740 
MtmneryiCG  ANNiCAtiOnlOLr....-se ee 735 
Mut Co ncrarges paid 2.2 Ne cao ee ee Foe 
(gy ELSE GEA weal a fe) fase ame pe aeane meena fe Sa 753 
Water service; form of application...._............... ioe. a eee er. 736 
Perret votes : <perialt yc. 2...z_-.-c lle ones veces cee 738-739-752-754 
Mesos: concealed; unlawful to carry...-_....-...12...1 sce 457 
(ES) «SEES COTS (IS ge Pe Oe Od Soe 303 
Deerteeailtire: to-cut; penalty......220 nae 304 
Meets retcn stamps and brands. asain ec. ta lobes ceccuenanicesecenened 705 
Meets may ape tested and destroyed... acco eaeecseenaccnrescenntancee 774 


Reeteitseand meastires; punishment... ceeceeneeeeeecteeneteee 7795 


380 INDEX TO ORDINANCES 


| Section, 
Well hole; elevators built ine 44 
White Slave Traffic, procter!) 32 BAS 
Wald West show; license....8): 236i] 386 
Wind presSure  _..2....--.-.:.cccos-nscsecceo--noegecachineaeece toe err 35 
Wires; feed «....02.-000... al SIE eo 83 
Wire in knob and tube work...:............2.... 24. 94 
Wire workers; transient; license......5....2..:-:....1.1.5-52 386 
Wire and poles; electric roads...:.......2...1....:.+-05e. VAI 
Wiring; addition in old buildings..............4 3 78 
Wiring; different -classes of buildings........:.4:..... ee 77 
Wiring; general <0) eer 85 
Wiring; general conduit:...2.2..02..0.1. ee 84 
Wiring inspection: —.../.21.2...2c.2ci0. coc cc-s-necnscheg ieeoey ch See po 72 
Warino of *signsneses see noida nacece le denscth ook baec bite 9636 ev apaeee arr 88 
Wiring; repairs of. old.....27.... 0 oa 86 
Wood or denatured alcohol; regulating sale of.....-...-.22.----cseee0---+- 160 
Wood or denatured alcohol; penalty................ pcitladevéd pin 2-ps er 162 
Wooden girders or lintels not allowed... 31.) 40 
Work shops: theatres....:2..2..6), sie aes 49 
Wrestling matches; license 2 2...) ieee 386 

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Yard,. driving of stock overv2.21...0. 1... 6 
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